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Copyright,  1920 

By  John  H.  Black,  President 

The  American  Pack  Brick  AssoaATiON 

Chicago,  111. 


Prepared  for  Publication  by 

Rogers  and  Manson  Company 

Boston.  Mass. 


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HOME  OF  BEAUTY 

A  Collection  of  Architectural 
Designs  for  Small  Houses  Submitted 
in  Competition  by  Architects  and 
Architectural  Draftsmen  and 
Selected  from  Four  Hundred 
for  their  Merit 

1920 


PRICE    FIFTY    CENTS 


The  AMERICAN  Face  Brick  association 

110   SOUTH  DEARBORN   STREET,  CHICAGO,   ILLINOIS 


I 


CRADOCK  HOUSE,  MEDFORD,  MASS. 
BUILT  IN  1632 


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"k'HIS  charming  old  house  was  built  for  Gov- 
•*■  ernor  Cradock  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony.  It  is  one  of  the  oldest  dwellings  in  the 
original  portion  of  the  United  States.  For  nearly 
three  hundred  years  it  has  withstood  the  ravages 
of  time  and  weather  and  is  today  a  comfortable 
home  and  a  living  monument  to  the  durability  of 
brick  as  a  building  material. 


A  ^  Introduction 

THIS  book  is  meant  for  the  home  builder  who  has  the  commendable 
desire  of  making  his  home  as  beautiful  as  possible.  We  all  take  for 
granted  that  the  home  should  be  permanent,  comfortable,  safe  from  fire, 
and  convenient  in  all  of  its  interior  arrangements  for  the  use  of  the  family, 
but  we  sometimes  overlook  the  fact  that  the  home  ought  to  reveal  itself 
as  attractive  to  the  eye  of  the  community.  It  ought  to  be  given  a  certain 
character  and  individuality  all  its  own,  expressive  of  the  life  within. 

It  is  for  this  reason  that  we  have  brought  these  plans  together  in  The 
Home  of  Beauty  which  we  are  now  presenting  to  you.  You  doubtless 
have  often  been  offended,  in  going  about  from  place  to  place,  by  the 
uniformly  dull  and  unattractive  appearance  of  small  or  moderate-sized 
houses.  They  do  not  show  an  intelligent  taste  in  design,  form  or  color. 

Believing  that  there  would  be  an  immense  benefit  to  any  community 
if  every  house  in  it  had  some  distinctive,  artistic  individuality,  we  ap- 
pealed to  the  architectural  profession  all  over  our  country  to  furnish  us 
with  designs.  It  was  possible  to  expect  this  co-operation  on  the  part  of 
the  architects  because  of  the  public  spirited  and  unselfish  desire  manifested 
on  many  occasions  by  them  to  serve  gratuitously  in  any  capacity  which 
would  tend  to  raise  the  artistic  standards  of  the  country  and  make  avail- 
able to  all  people  the  best  in  the  design  and  plan  of  the  small  house,  which, 
owing  to  economic  conditions,  has  hitherto  had  little  expert  consideration 
given  it.  The  best  method  seemed  to  be  to  institute  a  general  competition 
which  would  meet  with  the  approval  of  the  architects  themselves.  This 
was  arranged  through  The  Architectural  Forum,  formerly  The  Brickbuilder, 
a  leading  professional  journal  of  the  country,  published  in  Boston,  and 
was  approved  by  the  Committee  on  Competitions  of  the  American  Insti- 
tute of  Architects  on  the  ground  that  the  competition  was  educational 
and  would  stimulate  the  study  of  the  small  house  problem  by  the  younger 
men  in  the  profession.  The  competition  program  called  for  a  small  face 
brick  house  of  seven  rooms,  and  laid  down  as  requirements,  (i)  practi- 
cality in  the  plans  in  order  to  secure  the  greatest  convenience  of  interior 
arrangements,  and  (2)  beauty  in  design. 

The  response  to  this  program  by  architectural  designers  from  all  over 
the  country  was  most  gratifying.  In  October  (1919),  when  the  awards  were 
made  of  the  four  prizes  and  six  mentions,  there  had  been  366  drawings 
submitted  for  consideration,  all  of  which  showed  a  remarkably  clear  grasp 
of  the  purpose  of  the  program  and  also  great  success  in  carrying  it  out. 
Five  of  the  leading  architects  of  the  country  generously  contributed  their 

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time  to  act  as  judges:  Mr.  Walter  H.  Kilham  of  Boston;  Mr.  Aymar 
Embury  II  of  New  York;  Mr.  H.  Louis  Duhring  of  Philadelphia;  Mr. 
C.  Herrick  Hammond  of  Chicago;  and  Mr.  Louis  La  Beaume  of  St.  Louis. 
It  was  no  easy  task  for  these  gentlemen  to  decide  on  the  prizes  and  men- 
tions because  of  the  uniform  excellence  of  the  designs;  as  they  said  in  their 
report:  "The  uniformly  high  standard  of  them  all  made  it  extremely 
difficult  to  make  the  selections."  But,  after  a  very  thorough  examination 
of  the  plans,  they  assigned  the  four  prizes  and  six  mentions  as  indicated 
in  the  book.  As  it  was  very  desirable  for  us  to  secure  the  best  of  this  work 
for  distribution,  these  gentlemen  were  also  kind  enough  to  select  forty 
other  drawings  which  would  answer  our  purpose.  Nor  was  this  an  easy 
task,  for  as  the  committee  reported,  "one  could  have  selected  (instead  of 
forty)  a  hundred  and  fifty  which  were  well  rendered  and  of  meritorious 
design."  So  that  you  are  here  offered  fifty  designs  and  floor  plans  for  small 
brick  houses  that  have  been  produced  under  exceptional  circumstances. 

We  certainly  congratulate  ourselves  on  the  success  of  this  competi- 
tion and  as  frankly  congratulate  you,  for  we  can  now  place  this  fine  work 
at  your  disposal.  This  means  for  you,  first,  that  the  plans  which  we  now 
offer  you  have  been  prepared  by  experienced  and  competent  designers 
of  small  houses  the  country  over;  and,  secondly,  that  a  group  of  able 
architects  have  freely  given  their  time  to  the  selection  of  these  plans. 

We  go  still  further.  Besides  the  working  drawings  and  specifications, 
we  furnish  you  with  a  complete  quantity  survey  or  bill  of  materials,  and 
then  offer  you  the  whole  for  the  very  nominal  fee  of  $25.  You  thus  get 
for  this  small  sum,  due  to  the  unselfish  and  co-operative  spirit  of  the 
architectural  profession,  the  finished  work  of  a  high-class  architect  which 
would  otherwise  cost  you  between  ^400  and  I500.  The  quantity  survey  or 
bill  of  materials  will  greatly  simplify  the  problem  of  the  builder  in 
estimating  costs  for  any  particular  house,  in  any  particular  locality. 

These  houses  are  to  be  faced  with  some  type  of  brick  which  will 
exactly  meet  your  own  individual  taste  and  which  you  can  choose  from  the 
great  variety  of  color  tones  and  textures  produced  by  the  members  of  our 
Association.  The  backing  of  the  wall  is  to  be  either  of  common  brick,  mak- 
ing a  solid  brick  wall  throughout,  or  of  hollow  tile,  which  some  people 
prefer  because  of  the  air  spaces  it  makes  in  the  wall.  In  either  case,  you 
have  a  non-burnable  or  completely  fireproof  wall  which  will  always  be  a 
barrier  to  the  spread  of  fire  within  or  without,  a  consideration  of  the  ut- 
most importance  to  the  safety  and  welfare  of  your  family. 

You  will  observe  that  these  fifty  designs  and  plans  offer  you  a  great 
variety  for  your  choice,  so  that  you  can  determine,  in  view  of  the  lot  you 


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have  or  its  surroundings,  what  type  of  house  will  best  suit  your  purpose. 
In  the  brief  description  accompanying  each  there  are  given  the  extreme 
dimensions  of  the  house,  enabling  you  to  determine  the  size  of  lot  re- 
quired, and  suggestions  on  the  best  location  with  respect  to  the  compass. 
This  latter  point  is  important  to  observe  if  you  want  to  be  certain  of 
having  pleasant,  sunny  rooms.  If  any  plan  as  shown  in  the  illustration  does 
not  apply  to  the  exposure  of  your  lot,  it  can  oftentimes  be  made  to  by 
the  simple  process  of  reversing  it,  which  any  builder  can  readily  do.  The 
reversed  arrangement  can  be  seen  by  holding  the  plan  to  a  mirror.  If 
you  find  any  difficulty  in  reading  these  plans,  we  should  be  pleased  to 
answer  any  questions  or  help  in  any  way  we  can  in  planning  your  home. 

Conditions  in  various  parts  of  the  country  differ  to  such  an  extent, 
that  it  is  not  possible  to  give  an  indication  on  costs  that  would  apply 
with  any  accuracy.  When  our  competition  for  a  7-room  house  of  20,000 
cubic  feet  contents  was  announced,  25  cents  per  cubic  foot,  or  $7,000 
for  the  house,  was  the  average  cost  for  a  number  of  small  houses  actually 
under  construction  during  the  first  quarter  of  1919.  Since  then  increases 
have  taken  place  in  both  labor  and  materials,  so  that  the  only  method  of 
obtaining  a  price  today  is  to  consult  a  builder  in  your  own  locality  who  is 
conversant  with  local  labor  and  material  markets.  He  will  be  able  to  name 
an  approximate  price  for  your  guidance  in  the  selection  of  a  plan. 

A  few  general  points  that  affect  the  cost  may  be  noted.  Conditions 
of  material  and  finish  being  equal,  it  is  usually  found  that  a  rectangular 
house  with  a  simple  roof  is  less  expensive  to  build  than  one  in  the  form  of 
the  letter  L  or  T,  inasmuch  as  the  latter  requires  more  exterior  wall  surface 
without  creating  any  more  room  inside.  It  does,  however,  generally 
provide  more  pleasant  and  better  lighted  rooms  because  of  the  greater 
opportunity  for  windows. 

The  interior  finish,  heating  and  plumbing  equipment,  lighting  fixtures, 
etc.,  are  important  factors  in  cost,  and  if  economy  is  exercised  in  their 
selection,  the  resulting  saving  may  be  used  to  pay  for  a  larger  house. 

The  first  thing  for  you  to  do,  naturally,  would  be  to  secure  a  good 
builder.  In  case  an  architect  is  accessible,  your  best  plan  would  be  to  put 
your  building  into  his  hands,  but  in  case  an  architect  is  not  accessible, 
these  plans  will  prove  the  means  of  securing  an  attractive  house.  But  you 
must  secure  a  competent  builder  or  contractor  who  will  be  able  to  under- 
stand and  carry  them  out.  We  are  not  willing  to  sell  you  these  plans  on 
any  other  condition.  If,  however,  you  have  a  competent  builder,  the 
working  drawings,  specifications  and  quantity  survey  will  prove  to  be 
complete  instruments  for  the  construction  of  your  home. 


The  Building  of  a  Home 

WE  do  not  need  the  advice  of  statesmen,  philosophers,  or  divines  to 
convince  us  of  the  fundamental  importance  of  the  home  for  the 
security  and  welfare  of  any  civilization.  The  home  is  the  source  of  all 
virtues,  domestic  and  civic.  The  hearth  is  the  cornerstone  of  a  sound  and 
lasting  social  order.  We  may  well  adapt  the  words  of  Burns,  in  his 
"Cotter's  Saturday  Night,"  to  our  American  homes  where  Christian  vir- 
tues are  cherished. 

"From  scenes  like  these  our  country's  grandeur  springs, 
"That  makes  her  loved  at  home,  reverd  abroad.'' 
We  may  be  certain  that  when  American  homes  decay,  America  will 
decay,  just  as  America  will  continue  to  grow  in  power  and  influence  where 
American  homes  grow  and  deepen  in  moral  value.  The  feeling  for  home 
is  especially  vital  in  these  times  of  confusion  and  uncertainty  when  it  is 
needed  to  balance  and  steady  our  American  institutions. 

Value  in  Sentiment 

When  your  friend  greets  you  at  his  door  and  adds,  as  he  cordially  in- 
vites you  in,  "make  yourself  at  home,"  you  know  that  he  has  offered 
you  the  sum  total  of  hospitality.  For  home  affords  you  not  only  the  simple 
creature  comforts  of  food,  shelter,  and  warmth  with  a  sense  of  security 
and  well-being,  free  from  stiff  formalities  and  restraints,  but  it  is  a  refuge 
from  the  toil  and  worry  of  the  great  outside,  headlong,  jostling  world,  and 
the  center  and  source  of  all  those  dear  affections  of  sympathy,  kindliness, 
and  mutual  service  which  give  to  life  its  true  meaning. 

The  home  feeling  is  an  asset  of  the  very  highest  value,  for  it  pays 
richly  in  a  sense  of  self-respect,  of  more  responsible  citizenship,  of  moral 
poise  as  a  member  of  the  community,  besides  giving  profound  personal 
satisfaction  and  enriching  the  spiritual  values  that  arise  out  of  family 
ties  and  affections. 

Then  the  community  itself  regards  the  home-owner  with  more 
respect  than  it  does  a  floater;  he  is  looked  upon  as  a  substantial  citizen 
having  a  vital  interest  in  the  common  welfare.  i 

It  is  such  values  as  these  rather  than  mere  money  returns  on  invest- 
ment, that  should  lead  every  young  man  to  set  out  with  the  determination 
to  lay  by  a  monthly  saving  for  a  home  fund,  so  that  he  can  promise  his 
bride  what  to  her  will  prove  the  best  of  all  gifts,  a  home.  Nothing  could  be 
sounder  or  more  wholesome  for  a  young  man  than  to  set  before  him,  as  a 


THE    HOME    OF    BEAUTY  9 

fixed  aim,  the  accumulation  of  a  home-building  fund.  It  will  balance  and 
steady  him;  it  will  make  more  of  a  man  out  of  him,  a  better  husband, 
father,  citizen,  friend. 

Practical  Value 

If,  on  the  sentimental  side,  the  home  thus  proves  to  be  an  investment 
of  incalculable  value,  it  also  has,  on  the  practical  side,  its  striking  advan- 
tages. When  you  pay  rent  you  are  paying  for  what  you  have  no  owner- 
ship in.  For  any  needed  changes  or  additions,  you  are  entirely  dependent 
on  the  landlord's  whim.  He  may  be  reasonable,  and  then  again  he  may 
not  be,  but  in  either  case,  he  and  not  you  decides  on  what  is  of  deep  con- 
cern to  you,  the  living  comfort,  convenience,  and  welfare  of  yourself 
and  family.  Then,  you  are  subject,  without  any  control  on  your  part,  to 
higher  rent  or  notice  to  quit.  You  are  entirely  at  the  mercy  of  another's 
will,  a  sort  of  helpless  pawn  of  fate. 

But  if  the  money  paid  out  for  rent  were  applied  in  paying  for  a  home, 
you  become  your  own  landlord  and  acquire  property  rights  of  which  no 
one  can  dispossess  you.  The  convenient  changes  or  additions  you  want 
are  subject  to  your  own  decision  and  are  added  to  the  value  of  your  own 
property.  You  are  not  subject  to  higher  rent  nor  can  you  be  put  out  at 
another's  dictation.  If  you  go  out,  it  is  at  your  own  option  and  you  still 
have  in  your  possession  an  income-bearing  or  salable  property  on  which 
you  can  always  realize  what  is  often  a  very  convenient  loan,  but  you 
can  never  borrow  anything  on  a  stack  of  receipted  rent  bills. 

The  building  of  a  home  is  the  most  important  undertaking  in  your 
life,  not  only  because  it  is  the  center  and  symbol  of  the  family,  but  be- 
cause from  the  practical  money  point  of  view,  it  involves  a  considerable 
investment.  You  don't  build  a  home  every  year  or  every  decade.  You  are 
going  to  live  in  it,  or,  so  to  speak,  with  it,  as  you  do  with  your  wife  and 
children,  a  long  period  of  years.  It  must,  therefore,  satisfy  you  in  every 
way;  you  can't  afford  to  make  a  mistake,  or  fool  yourself  when  you  build. 
You  must  build  right,  for  when  the  house  is  built,  it  is  too  late  to  change 
if  you  are  dissatisfied.  Even  if  a  change  of  fortune  for  better  or  worse 
leads  you  to  move  away,  it  is  very  important  to  you  that  the  house  is 
good  enough  to  appeal  strongly  to  the  renter  or  purchaser.  Your  only 
wisdom,  therefore,  in  building  a  home  is  to  make  it  a  valuable  permanent 
investment,  thoroughly  satisfactory  to  yourself  and  to  others  who,  if 
circumstances  require,  may  take  it  off  your  hands  to  your  advantage. 

For  this  reason  you  owe  it  to  yourself  to  examine  thoroughly  all  the 
problems  involved  in  home  building.  In  a  word,  you  want  to  be  sure,  aside 


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from  a  satisfactory  plan  of  the  interior,  of  two  main  points  about  your 
house;  you  want  structural  soundness,  and  artistic  distinction  in  your  home. 
To  this  end  no  other  material,  we  claim,  can  offer  you  so  many  merits  as 
face  brick.  Out  of  the  structural  and  artistic  merits  of  face  brick  grow 
economic  and  sentimental  reasons  for  its  use  you  can  ill  afford  to  neglect. 

Merits  of  the  Face  Brick  House 

I.  Structurally,  brick  are  the  soundest  possible  material.  In  the  first 
place,  the  size  and  form  of  brick  make  them  an  easy  material  to  handle 
and  adaptable  to  the  master  mason's  skilful  craftsmanship.  He  builds 
them  one  by  one  into  a  solid  wall  fabric,  strong  and  durable.  Then  the 
brick  themselves,  hardened  and  matured  in  fire,  submit  to  the  heaviest 
pressures  and  resist  both  the  attacks  of  flame  and  the  corrosions  of  time. 
Brick  may  well  be  called  an  everlasting  material  because  they  neither 
burn  nor  decay.  Their  history  affords  sufficient  testimony,  and  the  scene 
of  any  conflagration  shows  the  brick  walls  and  chimneys  as  solemn  wit- 
nesses of  their  enduring  strength. 

2.  From  an  artistic  point  of  view,  brick  can  make  equally  strong 
claims  to  consideration.  An  endless  variety  of  color  tones  and  textures  are 
offered  for  your  choice  which  you  may  use  in  uniform  shades,  or,  prefer- 
ably, in  blended  shades  of  the  most  delicate  and  charming  effects.  No  other 
building  material  can  approach  face  brick  in  the  possibility  of  color 
schemes  for  the  wall  surface,  either  within  or  without,  —  and  the  colors 
last,  for  they  are  an  integral  part  of  the  enduring  brick. 

But  to  the  artistic  effect  of  the  brick  texture  and  color  must  be  added 
the  artistic  effects  secured  by  the  treatment  of  the  bond  and  mortar 
joint.  The  manner  in  which  the  brick  are  made  to  overlap  in  the  wall  has 
a  decided  influence  on  the  result,  and  the  mortar  joint,  in  color,  size,  and 
kind  is  so  important  that  we  strongly  urge  you  to  talk  the  matter  over 
with  some  experienced  face  brick  salesman  before  building.  The  mortar 
joint  may  spoil  or  make  the  beauty  of  your  wall. 

3.  The  economic  merits  of  the  face  brick  house  are  striking.  From 
the  very  nature  of  the  material  and  its  construction  you  save  on  upkeep 
or  maintenance,  on  depreciation,  on  insurance  rates,  on  fuel,  and  even 
on  doctor's  bills.  Brick  do  not  decay,  they  require  no  paint,  their  deprecia- 
tion is  practically  nil,  they  make  a  tight  wall  that  saves  fuel,  and  a  sani- 
tary one  that  prevents  vermin. 

When  it  comes  to  sentimental  reasons,  your  sense  of  satisfaction  in 
having  a  substantial  and  attractive  house,  of  justifiable  pride  and  self- 
respect  in  possessing  a  home  of  distinction  which  your  friends  and  neigh- 
bors admire,  is  a  sort  of  imponderable  value  really  worth  more  than  money. 


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Comparative  Costs 

How  a  real  economy  results  from  building  a  face  brick  home  has  been 
repeatedly  shown  from  actual  figures  obtained,  during  the  past  ten  years, 
from  all  parts  of  our  country  by  face  brick  manufacturers.  All  of  these 
figures  are  the  bids  for  actual  construction  by  experienced  contractors  in 
their  various  communities.  As  prices  have  changed  greatly  during  the 
period  in  question,  the  percentages  of  difference  will  prove  to  be  the  only 
instructive  figures,  and  are  calculated  on  the  total  cost  of  the  houses.  We 
have  the  bids  for  19 19  in  our  files  for  reference,  and  are  ready  to  show  them 
to  any  interested  persons.  As  frame  construction  is  usually  the  cheapest, 
we  shall  take  it  as  the  base  of  comparison,  and  give  the  percentages  in 
excess  over  frame,  for  brick  veneer,  or  face  brick  on  frame  in  place  of  clap- 
boards; stucco  on  frame;  face  brick  on  hollow  tile;  and  solid  brick,  or  face 
brick  on  common  brick  backing.  A  moderate  sized  dwelling  is  used  as  a 
typical  example  and  is  the  same  in  every  respect  except  the  exterior  wall 
construction.  First  class  face  brick  are  used  and  all  solid  walls  are  furred. 


Table  of  Percentage  Differences 


YtiT 

Frame 

Brick  Veneer 

Stucco 

Brick  on  Tile 

Solid  Brick 
9"  Wall 

I9I0 

1915 
1919 

0.0% 
0.0% 
0.0% 
0.0% 

6.9% 
5-9% 
4-9% 
4.9% 

2.9% 

4-o% 
1.6% 

-0.3% 

10.7% 

6.2% 

9-1% 
8.1% 

6.9% 
6.4% 

These  figures  represent  from  nine  to  thirteen  bids  in  each  case,  on 
which  the  average  is  given.  Different  contractors  in  the  same  place  and 
different  parts  of  the  country  sometimes  show  considerable  divergence,  but 
in  view  of  the  wide  territory  from  which  these  bids  have  been  gathered 
and  the  time  covered,  the  averages  may  be  taken  as  indicative  of  about 
the  percentage  of  difference  you  would  have  to  pay.  It  should  be  noted, 
in  the  case  of  the  nine-inch  solid  brick  wall  and  the  brick  on  tile  wall,  that 
they  are  both  over  two  inches  thicker  than  the  frame  or  stucco  wall.  By 
taking  the  nine-inch  face  brick  solid,  or  hollow  tile  wall  as  a  fair  com- 
parison with  frame  and  stucco,  you  can  readily  calculate  what  you  really 
save  by  paying  a  little  more  at  the  start  for  the  more  substantial  con- 
struction. Reverting  to  the  economies  of  the  face  brick  house  you  will  find 
that  your  maintenance  and  depreciation  items  alone  on  the  frame  con- 
struction will,  in  a  very  few  years,  entirely  wipe  out  the  5  per  cent  or  6  per 
cent  excess  initial  cost  of  the  brick,  to  say  nothing  of  all  the  other  items 


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that  go  to  make  your  face  brick  home  all  the  time  an  investment  of  a 
permanent   and   remunerative  value. 

Thus,  a  |7,ooo  frame  house  would  mean,  figuring  excess  cost  at  6  per 
cent,  a  $7,420  face  brick  house.  Depreciation  at  1  per  cent  annually  on  the 
frame  in  five  years  would  be  $700;  add  to  this  a  repainting  bill  of  $250  and 
you  have  a  total  of  $950.  For  the  five  years  under  consideration  there 
would  be  no  depreciation  to  be  calculated  on  the  brick  house,  but  a  re- 
painting bill  of  about  $85  for  doors,  windows,  and  outside  trim  would 
have  to  be  charged  up.  This  means  that  the  difference  of  I865  between 
frame  and  brick  upkeep  and  maintenance  covers  in  five  years  more  than 
twice  the  $420  excess  initial  cost  of  the  brick.  To  be  penny  wise  and  pound 
foolish  in  building  your  home  looks  like  an  inexcusable  folly. 

Conclusion  of  the  Whole  Matter 

There  is  no  other  building  material,  we  believe,  that  will  combine  so 
many  merits  of  quality  and  style,  strength  and  beauty,  in  your  home  as 
face  brick.  Durable  as  the  eternal  hills,  it  is  proof  against  the  corrosion 
of  the  seasons  and  the  ravages  of  fire,  thus  reducing  the  cost  of  main- 
tenance and  depreciation  to  a  minimum;  and,  beautiful  in  its  varied  colors 
and  textures  as  the  finest  fabrics,  it  offers  to  the  eye  an  artistic  charm 
that  meets  the  most  refined  and  discriminating  taste.  Perhaps  you  frankly 
like  the  painted  wood,  the  monochrome  stucco,  the  varied  stone  or 
marble  —  a  good  house,  if  you  will,  may  be  built  out  of  any  of  these  mate- 
rials—  but  you  will  find  in  them  some  weakness,  danger,  or  excessive  cost 
that  brick  avoids,  while  offering  a  variety  of  merits  none  of  them  combine. 

Your  brick  house  costs  you  from  a  twentieth  to  a  tenth  more  than 
the  less  substantial  structures,  but  it  lasts  twice  as  long  and  remains  in 
a  better  condition.  The  same  brick  house  costs  far  less  than  the  heavier 
and  more  pretentious  structures,  and  yet  lasts  as  long,  rivals  them  in 
substantial  appearance  and  dignity,  and  excels  them  in  the  range  of  artistic 
effects,  offering  to  the  architect  the  utmost  possibilities  in  designing 
the  wall  surface.  Other  materials  have  their  merits  and  make  their  appeal, 
but  looking  at  the  building  problem  on  all  sides,  no  other  material 
approaches  brick  in  the  structural  and  artistic  values  it  offers  —  perma- 
nence, comfort,  safety  from  fire,  economy,  and  beauty. 

You  owe  it  to  yourself  to  look  into  this  matter  thoroughly.  You 
will  get  valuable  and  practical  suggestions  from  any  good  face  brick 
salesman.  When  you  decide  on  a  plan  you  like,  the  enclosed  card  will 
serve  your  convenience  in  ordering. 


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HOUSE  No.  101,  FIRST  PRIZE 

Designed  by  Olaf  JVilliam  Shelgren,  Buffalo,  N.  T. 


First  Floor 


THIS  simple,  formal  house  would  fit  admira- 
bly on  a  lot  with  a  frontage  of  50  ft.  It  should 
preferably  face  the  west,  affording  morning  sun 
in  the  dining  room  and  southern  exposure  for 
the  living  room.  The  kitchen  has  a  window  over- 
looking the  street,  making  it  a  pleasant  work- 


Second  Floor 


place.  The  low  shrub  planting  along  the  front 
of  the  house  adds  greatly  to  its  homelike  quali- 
ties. The  porch  faces  the  garden.  The  dimensions 
of  the  house  are  25  ft.  by  34  h.  The  height  of  the 
first  floor  rooms  is  8  ft.  and  of  the  second,  7  ft. 
10  in.  Both  floors  have  rooms  of  good  size. 


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HOUSE  No.  102,  SECOND  PRIZE 

Designed  by  Floyd  rewell,  New  Tork,  N.  T. 


First  Floor 


THIS  house  is  most  charming  and  picturesque 
in  its  design,  and  is  a  good  solution  of  the 
problem  of  getting  beauty  into  the  small  house. 
The  interior  is  just  as  distinctive  as  the  exterior; 
the  living  room  is  nicely  proportioned  and  is  very 
well  lighted  with  attractive  groups  of  windows. 
The  house  is  fitted  to  either  an  inside  or  corner 
lot  location,  and  can  face  the  street  as  shown 
in  the  illustration,  or  the  long  side  of  the  living 


Second  Floor 


room  may  be  toward  the  street.  In  either 
arrangement  the  entrance  should  face  the  west  to 
get  the  best  exposure  for  the  principal  rooms. 
The  kitchen  is  placed  on  the  northeast  corner, 
and  the  rear  arranged  for  a  garden  development 
to  be  enjoyed  from  the  porch.  The  dimensions  of 
the  house  are  26  ft.  by  32  ft.  The  height  of  the 
first  floor  rooms  is  8  ft.  and  of  the  second,  7  ft. 
6  in.  Both  floors  are  conveniently  arranged. 


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HOUSE  No.  103,  THIRD  PRIZE 

Designed  by  E.  J.  Maier,  T.  E.  King  and  G.  H.  Erard,  Toledo,  0. 


BUNGALOWS  have  suffered  more,  perhaps, 
from  poor  design  than  any  other  type  of 
house  and  the  number  of  ugly  ones  is  legion.  The 
charm  of  the  one  illustrated  here,  however,  is 
such  as  to  make  one  wish  that  all  houses  were 
bungalows  if  they  could  be  as  attractive  as  this. 
Placed  on  a  gently  rising  slope  with  a  curving 
path  to  the  porch,  this  house  would  have  a 
picturesque  quality  difficult  to  equal.  It  is  emi- 
nently suited  to  the  country  and  would  look  well 


in  a  suburban  location,  though  it  would  need  a 
good  sized  plot  to  enable  its  full  beauty  to  be 
seen.  Its  dimensions  are  29  ft.  by  43  ft.  It  could 
occupy  a  60  X  100  ft.  corner  lot,  with  the  entrance 
on  the  long  frontage.  A  garage  is  suggested  in 
the  illustration  tied  into  the  house  by  a  brick 
wall.  In  this  arrangement  the  garden  and  lawn 
would  be  at  the  opposite  end  with  a  terrace  out- 
side the  living  room  windows.  The  ceiling  height 
is  8  ft.  The  entrance  side  should  face  south. 


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HOUSE  No.  104,  FOURTH  PRIZE 

Designed  by  Halsey  B.  Homer,  Boston,  Mass. 


First  Floor 


'  I  *HIS  house  shows  a  very  compact  and  prac- 
J-  tical  floor  plan.  The  hall  is  attractive  with  a 
large  window  lighting  the  stairs.  The  kitchen  is 
conveniently  arranged  and  connected  with  the 
dining  room  by  a  large  pantry.  The  exterior  of 
the  house  is  very  pleasing  and  picturesque.  It 
could  occupy  any  site,  fitting  a  sloping  lot  equal- 
ly as  well  as  a  level  one,  and  it  has  the  further 


advantage  of  affording  a  choice  of  positions  with 
reference  to  street  frontage.  It  is  planned  to 
have  the  side  with  the  porch  face  the  south 
in  order  to  give  morning  sun  in  the  dining  room 
and  kitchen  and  pleasant  exposure  to  the  living 
room.  The  extreme  dimensions  of  the  house  are 
42  ft.  by  31  ft.  The  height  of  the  first  floor  ceiling 
is  7  ft.  10  in.  and  the  second,  7  ft.  6  in. 


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HOUSE  No.  105,  MENTION 

Designed  by  Albert  M.  Pyke  and 

Charles  F.  Pyke 

Indianapolis,  Ind. 


First  Flcxjr 


IN  a  small  house  it  is  often  desirable  to  have 
a  larger  space  than  the  usual  room  provides 
and  this  is  recognized  in  this  plan  in  making 
the  dining  and  living  rooms  practically  one,  giv- 
ing a  room  15  ft.  wide  and  25  ft.  long.  If  desired, 
this  could  be  furnished  as  a  living  room,  the 
dining  table  at  other  than  meal  times  serving  as 


Second  Floor 


a  library  table.  With  the  porch  opening  from  the 
room  and  groups  of  windows  at  each  end,  it 
would  give  the  appearance  of  a  large  house,  all 
in  very  small  space,  actually.  The  overall  dimen- 
sions of  the  house  are  28  ft.  by  40  ft.  and  the 
ceiling  heights  8  ft.  6  in.  and  8  ft.  for  first  and 
second  floors.  The  house  should  face  west. 


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HOUSE  No.  106,  MENTION 

Designed  by  John  Barnard,  Boston,  Mass. 


First  Floor 

DUTCH  Colonial,  which  always  gives  a 
homelike  character,  is  used  to  advantage 
in  the  design  of  this  house.  It  is  intended  for 
a  corner  lot,  or  one  having  a  frontage  of  6o  ft. 
or  more.  On  a  corner  lot  a  garage  could  be  placed 
at  the  dining  room  end  of  the  house,  with  a 
covered  walk  leading  to  it  that  would  balance 
the  porch  on  the  other  end  of  the  house.  The 
lower  story  of  the  front  is  especially  charming 
because  of  the  nice  relation  between  the  bay 
windows  and  the  fan-light  doorway.  The  interior 
is  planned  to  give  the  appearance  of  a  large 


Second  Floor 

house  with  the  principal  rooms  on  either  side 
of  the  hall.  The  kitchen  is  conveniently  arranged 
and  connected  with  the  dining  room  by  a  pantry. 
The  sink  is  placed  in  a  bay  window  similar  to 
those  on  the  front  of  the  house,  insuring  ample 
light  and  a  pleasant  place  to  work.  The  space 
at  the  left  of  the  kitchen  would  serve  admirably 
for  a  breakfast  corner.  The  extreme  dimensions 
of  the  house  are  46  ft.  by  24  ft.  and  the  heights 
of  the  first  and  second  floors  are  8  ft.  and  7  ft. 
6  in.,  respectively.  The  front  should  face  south- 
east to  insure  sunny,  pleasant  rooms. 


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HOUSEiNo.  107,  MENTION 

Designed  by  J.  Ivan  Disc,  Detroit,  Mich. 


First  Floor 

THIS  house  is  extremely  simple  in  its  design 
and  would  make  an  attractive  and  practical 
home.  The  porch  extends  across  the  front,  with 
the  assumption  that  the  best  outlook  would  be 
toward  the  street.  For  this  reason,  the  house 
should  set  back  a  good  distance  from  the  street 
and  a  hedge  would  be  advisable  at  the  property 
line  to  afford  privacy.  The  front  should  face 
west,  thus  giving  morning  sun  in  the  dining 
room  and  a  southern  exposure  to  the  living  room. 
The  plan  shows  a  generous  entrance  hall,  a  good 


Second  Floor 

sized  living  room,  with  the  dining  room  opening 
from  it.  The  kitchen  is  compact  and  there  is 
a  large  pantry  and  convenient  kitchen  vestibule 
with  space  for  a  refrigerator.  The  second  floor 
has  two  large  bedrooms  and  a  child's  room  and 
is  well  equipped  with  closets.  The  dimensions  of 
the  house  are  41  ft.  by  a8  ft.  It  would  easily 
fit  an  inside  lot  of  50-ft.  frontage,  leaving  ample 
space  at  the  kitchen  side  for  a  drive  to  a  garage. 
The  ceiling  height  of  the  first  floor  is  8  ft.  and 
of  the  second,  7  ft.  6  in. 


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HOUSE  No.  108,  MENTION 

Designed  by  George  H.  Van  Anda,  New  Tork,  N.  T. 


First  Floor 

npHERE  are  very  pleasing  proportions  and 
-*-  attractive  roof  lines  in  this  design.  The 
house  is  extremely  simple  and  would  for  that 
reason  be  inexpensive  to  build.  It  is  designed  for 
an  inside  lot  of  narrow  frontage  with  the  street 
exposure  toward  the  north.  All  the  rooms  are 
lighted  from  the  sunny  sides  which  would  make 
them  pleasant  to  live  in,  and  in  omitting  the 
windows  on  the  front,  except  for  twx)  small 
ones  either  side  of  the  door,  an  individual  charac- 


Second  Floor 

ter  has  been  given  the  house.  The  house  could  be 
placed  close  to  the  street  and  the  rear  of  the  lot 
reserved  for  garden  and  lawn  with  a  drive  on 
the  left  side  to  a  garage  in  the  rear.  The  dimen- 
sions of  the  house  are  26  ft.  by  30  ft.  The  height 
of  the  first  floor  rooms  is  8  ft.  2  in.,  and  of  the 
second,  8  ft.  The  second  floor  is  well  supplied 
with  closets,  and  in  the  front  bedroom  the  low- 
space  along  the  front  wall  is  utilized  for  drawers 
and  cupboards. 


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HOUSE  No.  109,  MENTION 

Designed  by  A.  S.  Crapiey,  Nno  Tork,  .V.  T. 


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First  Floor 


Second  Floor 


FOR  a  small  country  house  it  would  be  diffi- 
cult to  find  anything  more  charming  than 
the  simplicity  of  this  design.  The  large  wall  sur- 
faces would  give  dignity  to  the  brickwork  and 
the  grouping  of  the  casement  windows  suggests 
comfortable,  homelike  rooms  within.  The  plan 
is  designed  to  give  the  greatest  possible  effect 
of  space  in  a  small  house.  The  living  room  and 
dining  room  extend  across  the  rear,  which  should 
face  the  south  and  a  garden,  to  carry  out  the 


thought  of  the  designer.  This  will  provide  two 
rooms  that  will  be  very  livable  and  altogether 
charming.  The  entrance  hall  is  unique  with  one 
side  composed  entirely  of  windows.  The  kitchen 
is  compact  and  conveniently  placed  with  respect 
to  the  dining  room  and  entrance  hall.  The  ex- 
treme dimensions  of  the  house  are  38  ft.  by  36  it. 
and  the  story  heights  8  ft.  2  in.  and  7  ft.  9  in.  for 
first  and  second  floors  respectively.  The  construc- 
tion is  simple  and  comparatively  inexpensive. 


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HOUSE  No.  110,  MENTION 

Designed  by  Ernest  E.  H^eibe,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 


Pint  Floor 


Second  Floor 


BED  ROOM 
U  X  12 


THE  first  floor  arrangement  of  this  house  is 
especially  convenient.  All  the  rooms  are 
reached  from  the  hall,  and  the  dining  room  and 
living  room  are  connected  with  a  wide  opening 
which  increases  the  apparent  size  of  the  house. 
It  can  be  placed  on  an  inside  lot  of  50-ft.  frontage 
with  space  at  the  left  for  a  drive  to  a  garage  in 


the  rear.  The  garden  development  should  be  on 
the  porch  side  and  in  the  rear.  The  front  of  the 
house  should  face  west  to  provide  the  best 
exposures  for  the  principal  rooms.  The  dimen- 
sions are  26  ft.  by  31  ft.  and  the  ceiling  heights 
are  8  ft.  2  in.  and  8  ft.  for  the  first  and  second 
floors,   respectively. 


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Designed  by  'Jefferson  M.  Hamilton,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 


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First  Floor 


THIS  attractive  little  house  is  derived  from 
English  precedent  and  is  so  arranged  on  both 
floors  as  to  give  a  sense  of  space.  There  is  a  large 
porch,  which,  if  glazed,  can  be  used  to  increase 
the  size  of  the  living  room;  it  is  connected  direct- 
ly with  the  kitchen  so  that  it  may  be  ideally 
used  for  meals  during  the  summer  months.  The 


Second  Floor 


house  would  look  equally  well  on  a  corner  or  an 
inside  lot  of  50-ft.  frontage.  The  front  should  face 
east.  The  extreme  dimensions  of  the  house  are 
30  ft.  by  30  ft.  and  the  ceiling  height  is  8  ft.  for 
both  stories.  Brick  of  varied  color  tones  are  sug- 
gested, the  darkest  shade  forming  the  diaper  pat- 
tern of  the  walls  and  outlining  the  entrance  arch. 


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HOUSE  No.  112 

Designed  by  Emerv  J.  Obter,  Dayton,  0. 

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First  Floor 


A  SIMPLE  type  of  brick  Colonial  house  that 
-^*-  would  adapt  itself  well  to  any  suburban 
location.  It  should  be  placed  near  the  street  with 
the  rear  reserved  for  a  garden  and  lawn.  The 
front  should  face  west,  thereby  giving  a  southern 
exposure  to  the  living  room  and  eastern  to  the 
dining  room.  The  kitchen  has  a  window  over- 


Second  Floor 

looking  the  street  and  is  well  placed  with  respect 
to  the  dining  room  and  entrance  hall.  The  bed- 
rooms are  of  good  size  and  well  equipped  with 
closet  space.  The  dimensions  of  the  house  are 
30  ft.  across  the  front,  and  28  ft.  deep.  The 
ceiling  height  of  the  first  floor  rooms  is  8  ft.  6  in. 
and  of  the  second,  8  ft. 


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Designed  by  Ed.  Berg  and  Stan.  Pennock,  Utica,  N.  T. 


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First  Floor 


THIS  house  has  a  dignity  in  its  design  that 
makes  it  particularly  suited  to  brick  con- 
struction. It  would  look  well  in  a  suburban  loca- 
tion and  would  fit  a  corner  or  inside  lot  of  50-ft. 
frontage.  The  front  should  face  east  or  north- 
east. A  terrace  along  the  front  with  the  large 
living  room  windows  opening  onto  it  would  be 


Second  Floor 

an  attractive  feature.  The  garden,  if  on  a  corner 
lot,  could  be  at  the  left  opposite  the  porch,  or  at 
the  rear,  if  an  inside  lot  is  selected.  The  first  floor 
rooms  are  nicely  grouped  and  the  glazed  porch 
is  attractive  viewed  from  either  living  room  or 
dining  room.  The  dimensions  of  the  house  are 
27  ft.  by  31  ft.,  and  both  floors  are  8  ft.  high. 


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Deiipied  by  E.  P.  Crocheron  and  L.  T.  Hazard,  New  York,  N.  Y. 


First  Floor 


THIS  house  has  a  dignified  Colonial  doorway 
as  its  principal  exterior  feature.  It  is  well 
suited  to  a  suburban  plot  of  50-ft.  frontage  and 
can  be  placed  near  the  street  with  the  rear  re- 
served for  a  lawn  and  garden  treatment  where 
privacy  may  be  enjoyed.  The  kitchen  is  con- 


Second  Floor 

veniently  arranged  and  is  equipped  with  built-in 
dressers  instead  of  having  a  separate  pantry.  A 
window  facing  the  street  insures  a  pleasant  out- 
look. The  house  is  32  ft.  across  the  front  and  26 
ft.  deep.  The  first  floor  rooms  are  8  ft.  2  in.  high 
and  the  second,  8  ft.  The  front  should  face  west. 


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First  Floor 


THE  entrance  to  this  house  is  directly  into 
the  living  room,  but  an  ample  vestibule  with 
coat  closet  would  shut  off  drafts  in  cold  weather. 
The  staircase  starts  from  the  living  room,  and 
with  the  vestibule,  frames  an  ingle  nook  about  the 
fireplace  that  would  make  a  pleasant  feature. 


Second  Floor 

The  porch  overlooks  the  street  and  side  lawn. 
Additional  lawn  and  garden  could  be  had  in  the 
rear  in  line  with  the  dining  room  windows.  The 
dimensions  of  the  house  are  26  ft.  by  28  ft.  The 
ceiling  heights  are  8  ft.  for  both  floors.  The  front 
should  face  northeast. 


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HOUSE  No.  116 

Designed  by  F.  Keally  and  O.  Staiber,  New  York,  N.  Y. 


First  Floor 


Second  Floor 


THIS  little  house  would  be  charming  in  its 
simplicity  set  well  back  from  the  street  with 
an  ample  lawn.  It  could  be  set  close  to  the  lot 
line  on  the  left  to  allow  space  for  some  garden 
treatment  around  the  porch  at  the  right.  The 
plan  is  very  compact  on  both  floors  and  the 
principal  rooms  of  the  first  floor  are  arranged  to 
give  as  great  a  sense  of  space  as  possible;  The 


kitchen  is  convenient,  and  supplied  with  closets 
and  built-in  dresser  instead  of  a  separate  pantry. 
The  dimensions  of  the  house  are  36  ft.  across  the 
front  and  26  ft.  deep.  The  ceiling  height  of  the 
first  floor  is  8  ft.  and  of  the  second,  7  ft.  6  in. 
The  house  could  be  built  inexpensively  because 
of  its  compact  plan  and  general  simplicity.  The 
front  should  face  southwest. 


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HOUSE  No.  117 

Designed  by  W.  Marcoviuh  and  W.  Thies,  Dayton,  0. 


First  Floor 

THIS  design  recalls  the  substantial  square 
brick  houses  that  were  built  by  the  old  sea 
captains  of  New  England.  It  has  full  height 
square  rooms  on  the  second  floor  and  a  cozy  ar- 
rangement of  rooms  on  the  first  floor.  The  stair- 
case is  at  the  rear  and  is  attractively  arranged 
in  a  separate  projection  with  a  large  Colonial 
window  on  the  landing.  The  living  room  fireplace 


Second  Floor 

is  set  in  an  ingle  nook,  thereby  increasing  the 
size  of  the  room,  which  is  of  generous  propor- 
tions. The  porch  is  composed  of  a  series  of  brick 
arches  giving  a  cloister  effect  that  is  very  quaint 
and  would  harmonize  with  an  old-fashioned 
garden.  The  dimensions  of  the  house  are  36  ft. 
by  28  ft.  The  height  of  the  ceilings  on  both 
floors  is  8  ft.  The  house  should  face  southeast. 


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Designed  by  Frank  A.  Spangenberg  and  Earl  Martin,  Buffalo,  N.  T. 


First  Floor 


'T^HIS  attrgctive  house  has  a  plan  which  in- 
A  sures  pleasant,  sunny  rooms  at  any  time  of 
the  day  and  the  best  of  light  and  air,  since  most 
of  the  rooms  have  windows  on  three  sides.  It 
will  fit  a  hillside  lot  as  well  as  a  level  one  and 
would  look  particularly  well  on  a  corner  lot.  It 
is  conveniently  planned,  the  rooms  are  com- 
fortably large,  the  kitchen  is  convenient  and 
well  located  with  respect  to  the  dining  room  and 


Second  Floor 


entrance  hall.  A  space  for  the  sewing  machine  off 
the  upstairs  hall  and  a  clothes  chute  (marked 
X  on  the  plan)  are  special  conveniences.  The 
dimensions  of  the  house  are  32  ft.  by  38  ft.  and 
the  ceiling  heights  7  ft.  10  in.  and  7  ft.  6  in.  It 
would  be  somewhat  more  expensive  to  build 
than  a  house  with  a  square  plan,  but  the  result- 
ing fine  room  exposures  would  be  worth  the  addi- 
tional outlay.  The  house  should  face  southwest. 


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HOUSE  No.  119 

Designed  by  R.  L.  ffa/ker,  New  Tork,  N.  Y. 


First  Floor 


THIS  house  based  on  modern  English  designs 
would  be  very  attractive  built.  It  could 
readily  be  adapted  to  a  hilly  or  level  site  and 
could  be  placed  in  a  number  of  different  positions 
depending  upon  the  shape  of  the  lot  and  the 
exposure.  If  the  lot  is  narrow  the  living  room  end 
can  be  turned  toward  the  street  as  shown  in  the 
illustration.  With  a  wide  frontage  and  a  good 
view  at  the  rear,  the  kitchen  and  long  side  of 


Second  Floor 


the  living  room  should  face  the  street.  In  either 
position  the  best  exposures  would  be  had  for  the 
principal  rooms  if  the  living  room  end  faced  south- 
west. The  floor  plan  is  attractive;  the  rooms  are 
comfortably  large  and  conveniently  arranged.  The 
front  door  can  be  reached  directly  from  the  kitch- 
en. The  bedrooms  have  cross- ventilation  and  good 
closets.  The  dimensions  of  the  house  are  38  ft. 
by  25  ft.  The  ceiling  height  of  both  floors  is  8  ft. 


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HOUSE  No.  120 

Designed  by  Henry  H.  Dean,  New  Tork,  N.  Y. 


First  Floor 


Second  Floor 


THERE  is  a  sense  of  dignity  in  the  design  of 
this  house  that  makes  it  appropriate  for  a 
suburban  or  small  city  location,  and  though  in 
reality  a  small  house,  it  would  hold  a  prominent 
place  among  the  usual  large  suburban  houses. 
It  could  be  placed  near  the  street  or  set  back 
some  distance,  depending  upon  the  location 
of  adjoining  houses.  There  should  be  a  level  lawn 
with  wide  walk  leading  to  the  house  to  give  it  a 
proper  setting.  The  principal  rooms  face  the 


street  and  the  front  should  be  toward  the 
southeast  to  obtain  the  best  exposure.  The  ex- 
terior is  designed  for  two  tones  of  brick  with  the 
darker  shade  used  for  the  corners  and  the  pat- 
tern on  the  walls.  The  interior  is  arranged  on  the 
scheme  of  a  large  house  with  the  principal  rooms 
either  side  of  the  entrance  hall.  The  dimensions 
of  the  house,  including  the  porch,  are  28  ft.  by 
37  ft.  The  height  of  the  first  floor  rooms  is  8  ft. 
and  of  the  second,  7  ft.  10  in. 


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HOUSE  No.  121 

Designed  by  F.  J.  Harttcig  and  L.  J.  Keimig 
New  Tork,  N.  r. 


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First  Floor 

THERE  is  an  old  fashioned  simplicity  about 
this  house  that  makes  it  look  like  a  com- 
fortable home.  It  has  full  square  rooms  and  big 
windows  after  the  manner  of  the  houses  of  the 
late  Georgian  period  in  England.  It  would  look 
well  set  up  from  the  road  with  a  drive  at  the  left 
leading  to  a  garage.  A  small  flower  garden  could 
be  planted  at  the  rear  of  the  porch,  separated 
from  the  kitchen  yard  by  a  hedge  or  fence.  The 
house  should  face  northwest;  this  will  permit 


Second  Floor 
the  morning  sun  to  make  the  deep  bay  in  the 
dining  room  a  cheerful  feature.  The  breakfast 
nook,  if  not  desired,  could  be  turned  into  a  pan- 
try; and  similarly,  on  the  second  floor  the  trunk 
storage,  if  desired,  could  be  added  to  the  bed- 
room making  it  the  size  of  the  living  room  below. 
The  walls  are  suggested  to  be  built  of  compar- 
atively smooth-surfaced  brick.  The  extreme  di- 
mensions of  the  house  are  34  ft.  by  28  ft.  The  first 
floor  rooms  are  8  ft.  high;  the  second,  7  ft.  6  in. 


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HOUSE  No.  122 

Designed  by  Russell  S.  Simpson,  Sevickley,  Pa. 


First  Floor 


Second  Floor 


THE  massive  chimney  of  this  house  suggests 
cheery  open  fires  within.  There  is  a  sub- 
stantial look  to  the  house  that  would  make  it 
appear,  even  when  new,  as  though  it  had  always 
existed.  The  interior  arrangement  is  informal 
and  it  would  be  attractive  to  live  in.  All  the 
bedrooms  have  cross  ventilation  and  full  height 
ceilings,  the  ceiling  height  of  both  floors  being 


8  ft.  The  kitchen  is  placed  on  the  front  so  that 
the  rear  may  be  treated  as  a  garden  and  enjoyed 
from  the  living  rooms  and  porch.  The  front 
should  face  northeast.  If  desired  the  long  side 
of  the  living  room  may  be  turned  toward  the 
street,  in  which  case  it  should  face  east.  The 
extreme  dimensions  are  30  ft.  by  32  ft.,  and  in 
either  position  it  would  fit  a  50-ft.  lot. 


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HOUSE  No.  123 

Designed  by  H.  C.  McLaughlin  and  E.  JV.  Drury,  Chattanooga,  Tenn, 


First  Floor 


DIGNITY  and  formality  characterize  this 
design,  making  it  suitable  for  a  suburban 
or  small  city  house.  It  should  set  back  from  the 
street  to  allow  an  ample  approach  and  should 
face  southeast.  A  grass  or  brick  terrace  across  the 
front,  bounded  by  a  hedge,  would  give  the  house 
a  splendid  setting.  It  has  high  ceilings,  the 
first  floor  being  lo  ft.  high  and  the  second,  9  ft. 
6  in.,  and  would  command  attention  even  among 
houses  of  much  larger  size.  The  front  of  the 


Second  Floor 


house  is  given  over  to  living  and  dining  rooms 
with  a  vestibule  at  the  entrance.  The  stairs  are 
located  separately  at  the  rear  and  there  is  a 
bedroom  on  the  first  floor  which  could  be  used 
for  a  study  if  desired.  Each  of  the  principal 
rooms  is  provided  with  a  fireplace,  but  those  on 
the  second  floor  could  be  omitted  if  desired.  The 
extreme  dimensions  of  the  house  are  40  ft.  by 
29  ft.  A  garage  can  be  located  in  the  rear  with  a 
drive  on  the  right  side. 


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HOUSE  No.   124 

Designed  by  Wm.  D.  Lamdin,  Baltimore,  Md. 


THIS  house  could  be  built  on  practically  any 
site  that  had  a  level  space  at  the  rear  to 
afford  a  lawn  on  the  dining  room  and  porch 
side.  It  is  of  picturesque  design  with  suggestions 
of  the  English  cottage.  All  its  sides  are  interest- 
ing and  any  one  of  them  could  face  the  street,  the 
entrance  facing  northwest.  It  is  conveniently 
planned  and  has  a  fine  living  room  with  light 
on  three  sides.  The  extreme  dimensions  of  the 


house  are  38  ft.  by  32  ft.  It  would  fit  a  corner 
lot  well,  but  could  also  be  placed  on  an  inside 
lot  of  50-ft.  frontage.  The  rooms  of  the  first  floor 
are  8  ft.  3  in.  high  and  those  of  the  second,  7  ft. 
9  in.  The  illustration  shows  the  entrance  side. 
The  side  toward  the  garden  is  equally  attractive, 
and  the  pleasant  arrangement  of  the  porch  with 
the  living  room  and  dining  room  would  make 
the  house  especially  livable  in  warm  weather. 


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HOUSE  No.  125 

Designed  by  Daniel  E.  Shea,  Springfield,  Mass. 


A  GOOD  type  of  house  for  a  closely  built  up 
suburban  community.  It  can  be  placed 
near  the  street  with  the  rear  reserved  for  garden 
and  lawn  where  quietness  and  privacy  can  be 
enjoyed.  The  drive  to  a  garage  could  be  at  the 
left  and  a  wall  or  fence  with  gate  would  close  off 
the  kitchen  yard  from  the  street.  The  kitchen  is 
conveniently  arranged  with  refrigerator  room 
and  large  pantry,  and  affords  a  pleasant  view 


Second  Floor 


of  the  Street.  The  porch  is  on  the  rear  and  reached 
from  both  living  and  dining  rooms.  The  bed- 
rooms are  of  good  size,  the  main  one  being  the 
same  as  the  living  room.  The  house  should  face 
north  or  northwest  to  gain  the  best  exposure 
for  the  living  rooms.  The  extreme  dimensions 
are  36  ft.  wide  and  28  ft.  deep.  The  ceiling 
height  of  both  floors  is  8  ft.  The  plan  is  very 
spacious  for  a  small  house. 


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HOUSE  No.  126 

Designed  by  A.  S.  Nibecker,  Jr.,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 


First  Floor 

THE  simplicity  of  this  house  will  commend 
it  to  many.  It  can  be  built  inexpensively  and 
its  well  arranged  rooms  will  provide  a  comfort- 
able home.  It  can  be  placed  in  one  of  two  differ- 
ent positions  on  the  lot  —  with  the  entrance  on 
the  side  as  in  the  illustration,  or  on  the  front  if 
the  view  of  the  street  is  more  interesting,  when 
this  will  be  had  from  the  porch.  In  either  position 
the  stair  side  should  face  northwest  to  give  the 
best  exposure  to  the  living  rooms.  The  bedrooms 


Second  Floor 
have  square  ceilings  and  are  well  supplied  with 
large  closets.  The  rooms  of  both  floors  are  8  ft. 
high.  The  extreme  dimensions  of  the  house  are 
30  ft.  by  30  ft.,  making  it  suitable  for  a  lot  of 
50-ft.  frontage.  Dark-toned  brick  with  occasional 
darker  headers  is  recommended  for  the  walls 
with  the  diaper  pattern  in  the  second  story 
formed  with  dark  headers.  The  roof  should 
preferably  be  of  slate  and  the  exterior  woodwork 
brown  stained. 


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HOUSE  No.  127 

Designed  by  Albert  Harkness,  Providence,  R.  I. 


First  Floor 

THERE  is  a  comfortable  cottage-like  char- 
acter to  this  house  that  would  make  it 
especially  desirable  for  a  country  or  small  town 
home.  Its  simple  gable  roof  broken  by  dormers 
would  be  very  attractive  and  it  has  good  wall 
spaces  for  vines  to  ramble  over.  The  plan  of 
both  floors  is  direct  and  simple;  the  living  room 
is  of  pleasing  proportions  and  opens  directly 
on  the  porch,  which  commands  a  view  of  the 
street  and  garden  space.  The  house  could   be 


Second  Floor 

placed  on  a  50-ft.  lot  with  sufficient  space  at  the 
left  for  a  drive  to  a  garage,  and  the  garden  could 
be  arranged  about  the  porch  and  in  view  of  the 
dining  room.  The  house  should  face  southwest. 
Weathered  timber  work  in  the  dormers  is  sug- 
gested filled  in  with  brick.  The  dimensions  of 
the  house  are  37  ft.  across  the  front  and  28  ft. 
deep.  The  first  floor  rooms  are  8  ft.  i  in.  high 
and  the  second,7  ft.  8  in.  .All  bedrooms  are  amply 
lighted  and  have  cross-ventilation. 


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HOUSE  No.   128 
Designed  by  Theodore  Ross,  New  Tork,  N.  T. 


First  Floor 

ALL  sides  of  this  house  are  interesting,  and  it 
could  face  the  street  as  shown  in  the  illus- 
tration, or  the  dining  room  could  face  the  street; 
either  way  it  would  fit  a  50-ft.  lot.  To  obtain 
the  best  exposure  for  the  principal  rooms  the 
long  side  of  the  living  room  should  face  south- 
east. The  house  could  be  set  back  from  the 
street  and  the  garden  arranged  in  front,  or  the 
garden  might  be  in  the  rear  reached  by  a  French 


Second  Floor 

window  from  the  rear  of  the  dining  room.  The 
house  is  of  English  Tudor  design  and  could  be 
carried  out  nicely  in  brick  with  suggestions  of 
half  timber  work  in  weathered  oak  or  chestnut 
around  the  porch.  The  dimensions  are  28  ft. 
across  the  front  and  28  ft.  deep.  The  rooms 
of  both  first  and  second  floors  are  8  ft.  6  in.  high. 
The  plan  is  compact  and  presents  a  very  livable 
arrangement  with  especially  good  bedrooms. 


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HOUSE  No.  129 

Designed  by  Ernest  Wilson  Boyer,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


First  Floor 


THE  design  of  this  house  is  based  on  no 
special  style  and  it  would  accordingly 
harmonize  with  the  houses  of  any  community. 
It  would  be  best  located  on  a  corner  lot  with  the 
front  parallel  with  the  long  frontage.  In  this 
arrangement  a  garage  could  be  placed  at  the 
right  end  of  the  lot  opposite  the  porch  and  with 
a  short  drive  from  the  street.  The  garden  would 
fit  in  well  between  the  porch  and  garage.  The 


^     Second  Floor 


front  of  the  house  should  preferably  face  the 
southwest;  this  will  give  good  exposure  to  the 
principal  rooms  and  morning  sun  to  make  the 
kitchen  cheerful.  The  overall  dimensions  are 
38  ft.  by  27  ft.  The  first  floor  rooms  are  8  ft. 
3  in.  high  and  the  second,  8  ft.  The  plans  of  both 
floors  are  compact.  The  first  floor  rooms  are 
arranged  to  give  a  feeling  of  space  and  the  bed- 
rooms are  well  equipped  with  closets. 


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HOUSE  No.  130 

Designed  by  Aljred  Cookman  Cass,  fVilmington,  Del. 


First  Floor 


THIS  is  an  essentially  suburban  type  of 
house  suggestive  of  the  prim  houses  built 
in  and  around  Philadelphia  in  Colonial  days. 
It  will  make  a  dignified  addition  to  any  resi- 
dential street.  The  plan  is  very  compact  and  the 
simplicity  of  construction  would  enable  it  to  be 
built  inexpensively.  The  porch  is  on  the  rear, 


Second  Floor 


reached  from  the  dining  room.  A  pleasant  garden 
could  be  arranged  on  this  part  of  the  lot,  se- 
cluded from  the  street.  The  drying  yard  could 
be  enclosed  in  a  lattice  fence  on  the  kitchen 
side.  The  dimensions  of  the  house  are  26  ft.  by 
34  ft.  The  ceiling  heights  for  first  and  second 
floors  are  8  ft.  and  7  ft.  6  in.  respectively. 


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HOUSE  No.  131 

Designed  by  Alexander  Beresniakoff  and  Wm.  Koellmer,  New  Tork,  N.  T. 


First  Floor 


A  COLONIAL  house  that  would  look  well  set 
close  to  the  street  in  a  suburb  or  small  town, 
with  the  left  side  of  the  space  in  the  rear  devoted 
to  a  garden.  The  remainder  of  the  plot  can  be 
occupied  by  a  garage,  drying  yard,  and  kitchen 
garden.  The  dimensions  of  the  house  are  32  ft. 
by  32  ft.  It  would  fit  a  50-ft.  lot  or  could  occupy 


Second  Floor 


a  corner  lot  to  advantage.  The  front  should  face 
southeast  to  give  the  best  exposure  to  the  living 
rooms.  The  height  of  the  first  floor  rooms  is  8 
ft.  and  of  the  second,  7  ft.  8  in.  The  enclosed 
stoop,  the  row  lock  sill  course,  and  the  brick 
quoins  add  a  charm  consistent  with  the  simple 
lines  of  the  facade. 


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Designed  by  I.  F.  Heyl  and  J.  W.  McClymant,  New  Tork,  N.  r. 


THIS  design  shows  the  simplest  Colonial 
treatment  and  is  equally  suitable  for  a 
suburban  or  small  town  location.  It  can  be  placed 
close  to  the  street  with  the  rear  of  the  lot  re- 
served for  a  lawn  and  garden  to  be  enjoyed  from 
the  porch.  A  frontage  of  50  ft.  will  be  ample.  The 


Second  Floor 

rooms  on  the  first  floor  are  independent  units 
without  wide  connecting  doorways.  This  aflfbrds 
coziness  without  making  the  house  appear  small. 
The  maximum  dimensions  are  30  ft.  by  32  ft. 
The  floor  heights  are  8  ft.  4  in.  and  8  ft.  for  first 
and  second  floors.  The  front  should  face  west. 


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HOUSE  No.   133 

Designed  iy  IVilliam  J.  Mooney,  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass. 


First  Floor 


THIS  interesting  little  house  is  derived  from 
the  English  cottage.  It  has  a  nice  relation 
between  the  rooms  on  both  floors;  the  living 
room  is  large,  well  lighted  and  has  a  pleasant 
feature  in  the  fireplace  ingle  with  seats  on  either 
side.  The  hall  is  simply  a  vestibule  space  with  an 
entrance  to  the  kitchen  through  a  coat  closet. 
The  kitchen  is  conveniently  arranged.  The  ex- 


Second  Floor 


treme  dimensions  of  the  house  are  28  ft.  by  30 
ft.  It  could  be  located  on  a  50-ft.  lot  with  the 
entrance  to  the  garage  at  the  right.  The  lawn 
and  garden  could  be  at  the  rear,  opposite  the 
porch.  On  the  second  floor  there  are  three  bed- 
rooms reached  from  an  ample  hall.  The  ceiling 
heights  are  7  ft.  10  in.  and  7  ft.  6  in.  The  front 
should  face  northeast. 


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Designed  by  M.  Boulicauit,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


First  Floor 


Second  Floor 


THIS  house  is  planned  to  be  placed  near  the  tration  shows  a  view  of  the  rear.  The  extreme 

street,  and  facing  the  northwest.  The  living  dimensions    are   23    ft.    by    27    ft.   The    ceiling 

rooms  will  have  southern  exposure  and  the  rear  heights  are  8  ft.  in  both  stories.  The  first  floor 

of  the  lot  should  be  developed  with  a  lawn  and  is  pleasantly  arranged  and  the  second  has  good 

garden  to  afford  a  pleasant  outlook.  The  illus-  bedrooms  with  ample  closet  space. 


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HOUSE  No.  135 

Designed  by  Charles  Dana  Loomis,  New  Tork,  N.  T. 


First  Floor 


A  SIMPLE  house  that  would  look  equally  well 
on  a  level  lot  or  one  sloping  toward  the 
street.  It  could  be  placed  in  two  different  posi- 
tions, depending  upon  the  frontage.  If  the  lot 
is  narrow  the  living  room  end  could  be  turned 
toward  the  street,  and  if  the  frontage  is  6o  ft.  or 
more  it  could  be  placed  as  shown  in  the  illus- 
tration.  In   either   case   the   end   of  the   living 


Second  Floor 


room  should  face  south  or  southwest.  The  plan 
would  make  a  very  livable  house.  The  principal 
rooms  are  arranged  to  make  the  interior  look  as 
large  as  possible  and  the  kitchen  is  most  con- 
venient. The  second  floor  is  well  provided  with 
closet  space.  The  extreme  dimensions  are  36  ft. 
by  24  ft.  The  height  of  the  first  floor  rooms  is 
8  ft.  and  the  second,  7  ft.  10  in. 


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HOUSE  No.  136 

Deiigneii  by  Howard  A.  Goodspeed,  JVesI  Medford,  Mass. 


First  Floor 


THIS  house  is  modern  in  character  but  pos- 
sesses many  Colonial  features.  It  could  be 
placed  on  a  corner  lot  with  the  front  on  the 
narrow  side  as  shown  in  the  illustration,  or  it 
could  equally  well  occupy  an  inside  lot.  The 
garage  in  the  first  arrangement  could  be  reached 
from  the  side  street,  and  in  the  other  by  a  drive 
past  the  kitchen.  The  garden  in  either  arrange- 


Second  Floor 


ment  would  be  at  the  left  side  of  the  rear  and 
viewed  from  the  porch  and  dining  room.  The 
front  should  face  the  southeast  to  give  sunny 
exposures  to  the  principal  rooms.  The  living 
room  is  especially  attractive  with  the  broad  bay 
window.  The  dimensions  of  the  house  are  38  ft. 
across  the  front  and  28  ft.  deep;  the  floor  heights 
are  7  ft.  10  in.  and  7  ft.  6  in. 


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HOUSE  No.  137 

Designed  by  Robtins  Lewis  Conn,  New  Tork,  N.  J'. 


First  Floor 


THIS  design  shows  a  dignified  handling  of 
the  Colonial  style  and  is  a  good  type  of 
house  for  a  suburban  location.  It  can  be  placed 
near  the  street.  The  outlook  for  the  principal 
rooms  is  from  the  front,  and  to  obtain  the  best 
exposure  it  should  face  north;  this  gives  morning 
sun  in  the  dining  room  and  sun  all  day  in  the 


Second  Floor 


living  room.  The  house  would  best  fit  a  corner 
lot  with  the  long  side  the  principal  frontage. 
A  lawn  and  garden  could  then  be  had  opposite 
the  porch  and  a  drive  to  the  garage  at  the  rear 
past  the  kitchen.  The  dimensions  of  the  house 
are  44  ft.  by  a6  ft.  The  first  floor  rooms  are  8  ft. 
3  in.  high  and  the  second,  7  ft.  6  in. 


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HOUSE  No.  138 

Designed  by  Fritz  Steffins  and  Earl  Pwrdy,  Ithaca,  N.  T. 


First  Floor 

A  SIMPLE  house  derived  from  the  style  of  the 
English  cottage  that  could  be  placed  close 
to  the  street  with  good  effect.  It  should  face 
west,  giving  morning  sun  in  the  dining  room  and 
a  southern  exposure  to  the  porch.  If  the  lot  on 
which  it  is  placed  is  sufficiently  wide,  the  south 
side  could  be  used  for  the  garden  and  lawn,  where 
it  would  be  pleasantly  viewed  from  the  porch. 


Second  Floor 

The  arrangement  of  the  rooms  is  compact  and 
convenient.  The  dimensions  of  the  house  are 
30  ft.  by  25  ft.  The  rooms  of  the  first  floor  are 
8  ft.  high  and  those  of  the  second,  7  ft.  10  in. 
All  the  bedrooms  have  cross  ventilation  and 
good  closets.  There  is  good  storage  space  in  the 
attic.  The  house  could  be  built  inexpensively 
because  of  its  simple  composition. 


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HOUSE  No.  139 

Designed  by  Herman  Brookman  and  Karl  Bradley,  New  Tork,  ff.  T. 


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First  Floor 

THERE  is  solidity  and  an  expression  of  good 
breeding  about  this  house  that  would  make 
it  a  welcome  addition  to  the  best  community. 
It  is  modeled  after  the  small  Georgian  houses  of 
England.  It  would  look  well  placed  close  to  the 
road  and  if  on  a  corner  lot  with  the  front  par- 
allel to  the  long  side,  the  garage  could  be  placed 
at  the  extreme  right,  opposite  the  porch  with 
the  garden  between.  A  hedge  along  the  street 


Second  Floor 

will  give  a  setting  to  the  house  and  afford  privacy 
for  the  garden.  A  good  exposure  would  be  north- 
west for  the  front.  This  will  give  morning  sun  in 
the  dining  room  and  afternoon  sun  for  the  living 
room  and  garden.  The  dimensions  of  the  house 
are  43  ft.  by  20  ft.  6  in.  The  rooms  are  of  good 
size;  the  ceiling  height  on  the  first  floor  is  7  ft. 
10  in.  and  on  the  second,  7  ft.  6  in.  A  place  for 
the  sewing  machine  upstairs  is  a  convenience. 


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HOUSE  No.  140 

Designed  by  Claude  Bragdon 
Rochester,  N.  T. 


First  Floor 


THERE  is  a  special  compactness  about  the 
plan  of  this  house  and  a  simplicity  in  its  ex- 
terior design  that  would  make  it  inexpensive 
to  build.  It  furthermore  has  a  fine  sense  of  dig- 
nity and  it  would  look  well  in  any  suburban 


Second  Floor 


street.  It  can  face  either  southeast  or  southwest 
and  have  pleasant,  sunny  living  rooms.  The 
height  of  the  first  floor  is  7  ft.  lo  in.  and  the 
second,  7  ft.  6  in.  The  extreme  dimensions  of 
the  house  are  25  ft.  by  39  ft. 


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HOUSE  No.  141 

Designed  by  Edward  F.  Maker,  Boston,  Mass. 


TO  KITCHEN. CELLAR.. ETC 


First  Floor 

IF  well  set  back  from  the  road  this  house 
could  face  as  shown  in  the  illustration  with 
the  garden  in  front  and  the  entrance  on  the 
side.  Otherwise  it  would  be  better  to  turn  the 
narrow  end  to  the  street  with  the  garden  in  the 
rear,  reached  from  the  porch.  In  either  arrange- 
ment the  entrance  side  should  face  north.  The 


Second  Floor 
house  has  comfortable  rooms  with  square  ceil- 
ings, the  first  floor  is  8  ft.  i  in.  high  and  the 
second,  7  ft.  6  in.  The  circular  stairs  are  a 
pleasant  feature  of  the  interior.  The  exterior 
dimensions  are  ^2  f'-  ^Y  -^  ^t-  The  brick  used 
for  the  walls  is  laid  in  such  a  manner  as  to  give  a 
small   all-over  diamond  pattern. 


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HOUSE  No.   142 

Designed  by  Dwighl  E.  Smith,  Neva  Haven,  Conn. 


First  Floor 

A  COLONIAL  cottage  design  with  all  the  char- 
acter of  the  simple  village  type  so  much  ad- 
mired. It  can  be  placed  near  the  street  and  would 
look  equally  well  on  a  corner  or  an  inside  lot  of 
50-ft.  frontage.  The  dimensions  of  the  house  are 
34  ft.  wide  and  28  ft.  deep.  The  front  should 
face  the  southeast  to  have  morning  sun  in  the 


Second  Floor 
dining  room.  Windows  on  three  sides  of  the 
living  room  will  give  sun  all  day,  and  the  garden, 
if  located  in  line  with  the  porch,  will  have  the 
best  exposure.  The  kitchen  is  of  good  size  and 
there  are  in  addition  a  large  pantry  and  entry. 
The  rooms  on  the  first  floor  are  7  ft.  10  in.  high 
and  on  the  second,  7  ft.  6  in. 


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HOUSE  No.   143 

Designed  by  R.  H.  Douglas,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


First  Floor 

THIS  house  has  a  dignity  in  its  design  that 
would  make  it  prominent  even  among 
houses  of  much  larger  size.  It  would  be  well 
suited  to  a  suburban  location  and  would  be  best 
placed  where  the  view  is  toward  the  street. 
The  principal  rooms  are  across  the  front  and  the 
exposure  should  be  southeast  to  insure  their 
being  sunny  and  pleasant.  A  terrace  across  the 
front  connects  the  side  porch  with  the  entrance, 
and  French  windows  in  living  and  dining  rooms 


Second  Floor 

give  access  to  the  terrace.  This  feature  makes 
the  house  suitable  for  a  site  sloping  up  from  the 
street.  It  could  equally  well  be  adapted  to  a  level 
site  in  which  case  the  terrace  could  be  omitted 
if  desired.  The  extreme  dimensions  of  the  house 
are  42  ft.  by  ^o  ft.  The  rooms  are  8  ft.  high  on 
both  floors.  The  roof  of  the  porch  is  flat  and  is 
reached  by  a  French  window  from  the  main 
bedroom.  This  room  is  the  same  size  as  the  living 
room  and  is  lighted  from  three  sides. 


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HOUSE  No.  144 

Designed  by  Albert  S/urr,  New  York,  N.  Y. 


npHERE  is  a  sturdy  appearance  to  this 
-■-  bungalow  that  would  make  it  especially 
attractive  in  brick.  The  front  is  given  over  to  the 
living  and  dining  rooms,  and  opening  from  a 
common  hall  is  an  independent  group  of  three 
bedrooms  and  the  kitchen.  A  fourth  bedroom 
can  be  had  in  the  roof  of  the  main  part.  The  height  of  the  first  story  is  8  ft.  The  trim  around 
house  should  face  the  southeast.  Its  extreme  openings  is  meant  to  be  laid  in  brick  of  a  different 
dimensions  are   57   tt.    by  z?>   ft.   The   ceiling     color  tone  from  those  in  the  walls. 


Second  Floor 


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HOUSE 

Designed  by  Ola]  William 


No.  145 
Sbelgren,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 


First  Floor 


INDIVIDUALITY  marks  this  little  house 
that  would  be  a  pleasure  to  find  in  any  street. 
It  could  be  placed  close  to  the  street  with  a 
boundary  hedge  as  suggested  in  the  illustra- 
tion, and  the  rear  reserved  for  garden  and  lawn. 
The  porch  and  dining  room  will  thus  have  a 
pleasant  outlook.  A  garage  can  be  located  on  the 
right.  The  front  should  face  northeast  to  afford 


Second  Floor 

the  best  exposure  for  the  living  rooms.  Only  the 
minimum  space  is  given  to  the  entrance  hall, 
but  it  is  directly  connected  with  every  room  on 
the  first  floor.  The  stairs  are  attractive  with  the 
large  window  toward  the  street.  The  dimensions 
of  the  house  are  35  ft.  by  27  ft.  The  first  floor 
rooms  are  8  ft.  high  and  the  second,  7  ft.  10  in. 
There  is  storage  space  in  the  attic. 


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HOUSE  No.  146 

Designed  by  Wallace  M.  Baxter,  Miami,  Fla. 


First  Floor 


THIS  house  would  be  appropriate  for  a 
narrow  lot  on  a  suburban  street  which 
would  afford  a  pleasant  outlook  from  the  attrac- 
tive living  room  bay.  The  extreme  width  of  the 
house  is  35  ft.  and  its  depth  28  ft.  It  could  occupy 
a  50-ft.  frontage  with  ample  space  for  a  drive 
at  the  right  side  to  a  garage  in  the  rear.  The 
house  should  face  east  to  give  pleasant  exposures 


Second  Floor 

to  the  principal  rooms  and  the  garden  space  at 
the  rear.  A  flower  garden  and  lawn  could  be 
made  the  width  of  the  terrace  beyond  the  dining 
room.  The  first  floor  rooms  are  8  ft.  4  in.  high 
and  the  second,  7  ft.  10  in.  The  plans  of  both 
floors  show  a  compact  and  convenient  arrange- 
ment. The  roof  of  the  bay  window  is  metal, 
and  of  the  house,  slate  or  shingle  tile. 


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HOUSE  No.   147 

Designed  by  Ralph  H.  Hannaford,  Boston,  Mass. 


ROOF 


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Second  Floor 


First  Floor 


FOR  those 
seeking  in- 
dividuality in 
a  home  this 
bungalow  will 
appeal.  Itschief 
feature  is  an  open  timbered,  high  ceiled  living 
room.  The  other  rooms  are  8  ft.  high.  All  of  the 
rooms  have  windows  on   three  sides  and   this 


makes  it  particularly  suitable  for  a  warm  cli- 
mate. Although  it  contains  no  more  space  than 
many  other  of  the  houses  illustrated  here,  it  has 
greater  outside  wall  area,  and  this  with  the 
extra  heating  facilities  required  in  winter  would 
make  it  more  expensive  to  build.  It  would  be 
best  located  on  a  deep  corner  lot  placed  so  the  din- 
ing room  would  face  east.  Its  extreme  dimensions 
are  37  ft.  by  59  ft.  Note  the  garage  in  the  rear. 


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HOUSE  No.  148 

Designed  ty  Norman  Biard  Baker,  New  Tork,  N. 


First  Floor 


NOTHING  more  suitable  for  a  village  or 
country  home  could  be  had  than  this  in- 
formal cottage.  Its  low  sloping  roofs  create  at 
once  an  atmosphere  of  home;  there  is,  however, 
ample  room  in  the  second  story  gained  by  long 
dormers  on  the  side  and  rear.  The  living  room 
is  of  good  size  and  connected  directly  with  the 
porch  and  overlooking  the  space  that  should  be 


Second  Floor 


developed__as  a  garden.  The  house  can  be  placed 
close  to  the  road  and  a  hedge  will  afford  privacy 
as  shown  in  the  illustration.  The  front  should 
face  the  east.  Its  maximum  dimensions  are  32 
ft.  by  31  ft.  It  could  be  placed  on  a  50-ft.  lot 
with  sufficient  space  reserved  at  the  right  for 
an  entrance  to  a  garage.  Ceiling  heights  are  7  ft. 
10  in.  on  both  floors. 


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HOUSE  No.  149 

Designed  by  Daniel  E.  Shea,  Springfield,  Mass. 


First  Floor 


MODERN  English  work  is  the  inspiration 
for  the  design  of  this  house,  which  would 
be  distinctive  in  any  location.  It  could  readily 
be  adapted  to  a  sloping  or  irregular  site  if  there 
were  a  level  space  at  the  rear  to  form  a  lawn  and 
garden  across  the  living  and  dining  rooms.  These 
rooms  should  have  the  best  exposure  and  the 
street  front  should,  therefore,   face  northwest. 


Second  Floor 


The  first  floor  rooms  are  nicely  grouped  and  the 
stairs  are  especially  attractive  with  the  large 
window.  Entrance  to  a  garage  could  be  had  at 
the  left,  past  the  kitchen.  The  dimensions  of  the 
house  are  31  ft.  by  35  ft.  The  ceiling  height  of 
both  stories  is  8  ft.  Although  the  roof  is  low  in 
front,  the  bedrooms  have  full  height  because  the 
rear  is  two  stories  high. 


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Deiigned  by  Paul  R.  fVilliams,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 


First  Floor 


Second  Floor 


THIS  simple  cottage  gives  the  impression  of 
a  bungalow  because  of  the  low  sloping 
roof.  It  has  a  full  second  story,  however,  with 
windows  in  a  gable  and  generous  dormers  on  the 
sides  and  rear.  The  extreme  dimensions  of  the 
house  are  39  ft.  wide,  32  ft.  deep.  The  first  floor 
has  an  attractive  entrance  hall,  reached  from  the 
kitchen  through  the  pantry.  The  sitting  porch 


opens  directly  from  the  living  room.  The  first 
floor  rooms  are  8  ft.  6  in.  high  and  the  second,  8 
ft.  The  house  should  preferably  face  northeast, 
thereby  providing  morning  sun  in  the  dining 
room  and  a  pleasant  exposure  for  the  living  room 
and  garden  which  could  be  in  the  rear  opposite 
the  porch.  The  remainder  of  the  rear  plot  could 
be  devoted  to  the  drying  green  and  garage  space. 


How  to  Build  a  House 

By  Aymar  Embury  II,  Architect 

BUILDING  a  house  may  be  one  of  the  pleasantest  things  in  the  world, 
or  it  may  be  sheer  misery,  depending  first  upon  the  temperament  of 
the  house  builder  and  second  upon  the  competence  of  the  architect  and 
contractor  who  are  jointly  responsible  for  the  carrying  out  of  the  owner's 
ideas  as  to  what  a  house  is.  To  get  the  most  fun  out  of  building,  and  to 
achieve  the  best  results,  a  certain  amount  of  knowledge  of  the  methods  of 
building  is  necessary;  not  perhaps  of  the  actual  mechanical  processes  of 
mason  and  carpenter  work  or  plumbing,  but  of  what  the  relationship  is 
between  the  owner  and  the  people  employed  to  do  the  work. 

To  an  architect  it  is  always  a  new  surprise  when  he  finds  that  a  man, 
contemplating  an  enterprise  which  involves  a  very  considerable  sum  of 
money,  knows  so  little  how  to  disburse  it  wisely;  and  yet  it  should  not  be 
surprising;  most  people  build  only  once,  and  the  building  business  is  in 
many  ways  different  from  any  other  business  in  that  one  buys  something 
which  can  not  be  seen  in  advance,  even  in  sample.  Also  very  many  people 
cannot  "read  drawings";  in  other  words,  they  are  unable  to  visualize  what 
they  are  buying. 

Yet  building  of  any  kind  should  be  a  source  of  infinite  pleasure  to  all 
concerned  in  it;  it  is  in  a  limited  way  an  act  of  creation;  it  should  be  the 
creation  of  something  not  only  useful,  but  beautiful;  and  when  the  struc- 
ture is  a  home,  it  is  a  thing  which  should  be  more  than  an  inanimate  ob- 
ject, a  mere  shelter  from  wind  and  weather;  it  should  possess  a  personality, 
fitting  to  its  owner  and  of  infinite  and  continuing  delight  to  him. 

Selection  of  Site 

The  first  step  in  building  any  house  is  to  choose  its  location;  the  best 
of  houses  badly  placed  can  never  be  a  successful  home.  And  by  "badly 
placed"  I  do  not  mean  the  direction  it  faces  or  its  height  in  relation  to 
surroundings,  but  its  location  in  relation  to  the. tastes,  habits  of  life,  and 
means  of  its  owner.  It  is  easy  enough  to  say  that  half  way  up  a  mountain 
side  with  an  extended  view  and  a  southern  exposure  is  an  ideal  site  for  a 
home;  superficially  it  may  be,  but  if  it  is  so  inaccessible  that  its  owner 
cannot  reach  it  without  an  exhausting  journey  from  his  place  of  business, 
or  if  good  water  and  a  safe  sewage  disposal  system  are  only  obtainable  at 
prohibitive  cost,  it  is  not  only  not  a  good  site,  it  is  the  worst  of  sites.  For 
myself,  I  think  good  neighbors  the  best  of  arguments  for  the  choice  of  a 
site.  After  this  come  various  other  factors  which  must  be  considered 
separately  for  every  family;  as  the  cost  of  the  property,  convenience  to 

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transportation,  good  schools  for  the  children,  water,  gas,  electricity,  a 
sewage  system,  and  good  streets. 

In  connection  with  cost,  it  must  be  remembered  that  the  cost  per 
acre  or  per  square  foot  of  land  has  little  to  do  with  its  value;  and  in  com- 
paring property  offered  for  the  same  price  in  different  localities  one  must 
inquire  into  the  factors  which  make  for  value;  whether  there  are  public 
service  companies  supplying  the  household  needs,  whether  the  site  is  so 
situated  as  to  render  building  difficult  or  expensive,  and  whether  the 
character  of  the  neighborhood  is  sufficiently  stable  so  that  property  values 
will  not  decline. 

Roughly  outlined,  then,  the  following  essentials  may  be  stated:  a  lot 
large  enough  for  the  purpose  desired,  with  good  drainage  to  prevent  damp- 
ness in  the  house,  and  offering  a  pleasant  outlook  with  winter's  sun  and 
summer's  breeze,  a  good  neighborhood  with  churches  and  schools,  conve- 
nient transportation  and  adequate  gas,  electric,  water,  and  sewage  systems. 

Financing  the  House 

After  the  property  has  been  selected  there  usually  arises  the  question 
of  financing  the  purchase  and  the  construction;  and  first  it  should  be  said, 
don't  try  to  build  on  a  shoestring.  Some  people  do  and  get  away  with  it; 
others  lose  the  shoestring  and  their  peace  of  mind.  You  should  have  in 
hand  at  least  a  third  of  the  cost  of  the  property  and  house  before  beginning. 
You  should  be  sure  to  have  a  clear  title  to  the  property,  and  lest  this 
warning  seem  ridiculous,  let  me  say  that  many  people  begin  building  on 
property  which  they  have  only  contracted  to  buy  on  monthly  payments, 
and  are  sometimes  very  badly  stuck. 

Therefore,  make  sure  that  the  title  to  your  property  is  clear;  prefer- 
ably a  title  guaranteed  by  a  reputable  title  guaranty  company;  then  if 
you  need  money  to  build,  borrow  the  amount  on  mortgage.  Most  real 
estate  agents  or  development  companies  are  in  touch  with  some  source 
from  which  you  can  borrow  money.  The  cheapest  and  best  way,  however, 
is  to  buy  shares  of  stock  in  a  well-managed  and  conservative  building 
loan  corporation,  and  borrow  from  it. 

Selecting  the  Architect 

The  next  step  is  the  selection  of  an  architect.  Here  also  it  pays  to  be 
cautious;  the  services  of  a  capable  man  will  be  worth  many  times  more 
than  he  charges  you;  the  services  of  a  poor,  careless  or  incompetent  man 
are  useless.  Nor  can  I  tell  you  how  to  select  a  capable  man;  he  need  not 
be  old  or  have  built  many  houses  under  his  own  name  if  he  has  had  good 


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training  in  a  well  managed  office,  but  he  should  know  how  to  make  (and 
expect  as  a  matter  of  course  to  make)  all  the  drawings  necessary  to  the 
construction  of  a  building;  and  these  drawings  include  beside  little  sketches 
such  as  are  shown  in  this  book,  plans  of  each  floor  and  elevations  of  each 
side  drawn  to  the  scale  of  one  quarter  of  an  inch  to  the  foot,  and  also 
drawings  of  more  complicated  pieces  of  construction  at  one-half  or  three- 
quarters  inch  scale  and  even  drawings  at  full  size  of  all  moldings  and 
ornament. 

Then,  too,  he  should  furnish  a  complete  and  detailed  specification 
describing  all  materials,  processes  of  manufacture  and  method  of  erection 
of  everything  that  goes  into  a  house.  The  amount  of  work  that  an  archi- 
tect does  is  little  appreciated  by  the  average  client;  I  venture  to  say  that 
no  one  not  an  architect  realizes  the  number  of  days  which  have  gone  to 
prepare  any  one  of  the  designs  published  here,  for  it  is  not  the  actual 
drawing  that  has  taken  so  long,  but  the  care  and  thought  necessary  to 
secure  the  maximum  of  useable  space  in  each  story  and  to  perfect  the 
appearance  of  the  exterior.  I  have  no  doubt  at  all  that  if  I  were  paying 
a  draftsman  to  make  such  sketches,  each  would  cost  me  at  least  a  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars;  perhaps  much  more,  depending  upon  how  readily  we 
could  find  a  solution  of  the  problem  which  would  best  fit  the  required 
site.  One  piece  of  advice  I  can  give;  the  man  who  is  willing  to  work  very 
cheaply  is  not  worth  having;  he  cannot  give  you  anything  which  is  of 
any  value  for  your  money.  The  minimum  fee  established  by  the  Amencan 
Institute  of  Architects  is  6%  of  the  cost.  I  charge  io%  on  all  residence 
work,  and  lose  money  on  all  houses  which  cost  under  ten  thousand  dollars, 
and  on  many  which  cost  more.  These  fees  include  superintendence. 

The  designs  which  appear 'in  this  book  have  been  made  by  architects 
and  architectural  draftsmen  who  worked  them  out  from  a  program  that 
was  written  to  express  the  conditions  that  would  be  met  in  a  house  to 
accommodate  the  average  American  family  of  moderate  income.  They 
have  received  similar  careful  consideration  by  their  designers,  as  indicated 
in  the  preceding  paragraphs,  and  while  not  designed  in  compliance  with 
the  conditions  of  an  individual  owner,  as  the  usual  architect's  house  is, 
they  represent  perhaps  the  highest  development  of  small  house  design  that 
is  possible  without  the  owner  individually  engaging  an  architect's  services. 

What  the  Architect  Does 

It  may  be  that  a  prospective  owner  of  one  of  these  houses  will  want 
to  consult  an  architect  and  have  certain  revisions  made  that  would  make 
the  design  he  liked  correspond  more  closely  to  his  individual  tastes.  In 
that  event,  or  not,  it  is  of  interest  and  value  for  an  owner  to  have  a  proper 


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conception  of  the  function  of  an  architect,  if  he  is  to  appreciate  the  value 
of  these  designs  or  if  he  is  to  have  harmonious  relations  with  an  architect 
whom  he  might  employ.  Briefly,  his  duties  are  first  to  develop  the  client's 
ideas  into  workable  form  by  means  of  sketches,  so  that  the  size  and 
general  appearance  of  the  building  may  be  agreed  upon,  and  an  approxi- 
mate cost  determined.  This  is  not  always  an  easy  thing  to  do  and  needs 
patience  and  good  humour  on  both  sides. 

Also  you  must  remember  that  an  architect  cannot  by  some  magic 
process  make  a  big  house  cost  as  little  as  a  small  one,  nor  can  he  at  the 
present  time  tell  you  very  closely  before  the  working  drawings  are  made 
what  the  cost  will  be  —  nobody  can  —  and  you  should  remember  that 
an  architect  is  employed  to  design  your  house,  not  to  construct  it  (that  is 
the  contractor's  province),  and  that  his  duty  is  primarily  to  get  your  rough 
ideas  as  to  the  number  and  sizes  of  rooms,  and  materials  of  construction 
into  the  most  economical,  practical,  durable  and  beautiful  form  he  can. 

Determine  What  You  Want 

It  will  help  you  a  lot  if  you  actually  know  what  size  rooms  you  desire, 
not  in  terms  of  "a  room  as  big  as  Mrs.  Green's,"  but  in  terms  of  feet  and 
inches.  Measure  the  dimensions  of  rooms  you  like  and  note  them  down. 
Your  architect  can  tell  you  roughly  whether  you  have  in  mind  a  house 
that  can  or  cannot  be  built  for  what  you  want  to  spend,  if  you  can  come 
to  him  with  a  real  idea  of  sizes  of  rooms  and  of  what  materials  you  desire. 
Nine  out  of  ten  of  my  clients  say  that  they  want  first  a  good  big  living 
room,  which  in  the  case  of  strangers  means  to  me  absolutely  nothing  at 
all.  It  may  be  thirteen  by  eighteen  feet  or  it  may  be  thirty  b\-  eighty.  A 
good,  big  living  room  for  myself  would  be  seventeen  by  thirty;  but  I 
haven't  one  anything  like  so  big  —  I  can't  afford  one. 

Another  thing  on  which  you  should  inform  yourself  before  building 
is  the  heights  of  ceilings.  In  the  small  house  it  is  almost  an  axiom  that 
the  lower  the  ceiling  the  better  the  house  will  look;  and  you  should  before 
building  your  own  house  know  just  what  ceiling  height  you  like  best  in 
rooms  of  the  size  yours  will  be.  You  are  probably  accustomed  to  a  ceiling 
between  eight  and  a  half  feet  and  nine  feet  high,  but  few  of  the  old  Colonial 
houses  you  have  thought  so  quaint  and  charming  have  ceilings  as  high  as 
that:  most  of  them  are  under  eight  feet  high  and  many  only  about  seven; 
the  same  thing  is  true  of  the  small  English  and  French  houses.  Look  at 
somebody  else's  ceilings  before  you  decide;  don't  think  that  because  you 
have  grown  used  to  the  height  of  yours  you  really  prefer  that  height. 

This  getting  used  to  things  is  too  often  confounded  with  a  real  prefer- 
ence. It  is  the  style  (or  the  custom)  just  now,  to  open  up  houses  in  the 


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interior  to  an  extent  which  is  often  unwise.  Before  you  have  double  door- 
ways between  the  hall  and  the  living  room  and  the  hall  and  the  dining 
room  think  it  over  a  bit.  Which  do  you  really  prefer,  a  sense  of  space  as 
you  enter  your  house  or  intimacy  and  coziness  in  the  rooms?  Your  archi- 
tect cannot  decide  these  things  for  you;  you  must  do  it  for  yourself.  The 
same  applies  to  the  stairs;  in  most  houses  the  foot  of  the  stairs  is  near 
the  entrance  door.  Why?  Does  everyone  who  enters  your  house  go  up- 
stairs at  once;  or  do  you  want  to  pass  the  front  door  every  time  you  go 
upstairs?  In  many  households  there  are  times  when  the  woman  of  the 
house  most  emphatically  does  not  want  to  pass  the  front  door  (especially 
if  it  is  not  thoroughly  curtained)  when  she  goes  to  the  bed  room  to  fix  her 
hair.  There  are  several  parts  of  every  small  house  which  should  be  reached 
direct  from  the  staircase,  but  the  front  door  is  not  one  of  them. 

Another  good  old  die-hard  tradition  is  that  the  main  rooms  should 
face  the  street.  Most  of  us  by  now  have  realized  that  the  entrance  door 
and  the  sitting  porch  should  not  be  combined;  why  we  still  stick  the  main 
rooms  on  the  street  is  something  of  a  mystery;  but  most  of  us  do  it.  The 
main  rooms  should  be  placed  where  the  sun  and  air  and  outlook  are  best  — 
if  the  street  side  is  that  side,  well  and  good  —  place  the  rooms  on  that  side. 
But  if  the  street  side  is  the  north,  and  we  make  for  ourselves  a  pleasant, 
old  fashioned  garden  in  our  back  yard,  why  let's  get  the  benefit  of  it  and 
face  the  rooms  where  they  ought  to  be  with  our  piazza  or  sun  room  or 
whatever  it  may  be  where  it  will  be  pleasantest  to  use.  Of  course,  if  we  have 
a  badly  kept,  ill  smelling  back  yard  —  but,  of  course,  we  haven't.  Or  if  our 
neighbors  have  we  wouldn't  want  that  as  our  sole  outlook  from  the  living 
room.  Let's  not  pick  that  kind  of  neighbor  if  we  can  help  it. 

I  am  not  going  to  say  much  about  the  kitchen.  No  two  women  will 
ever  agree  on  any  point  except  one  —  that  the  architect  knows  nothing 
about  a  kitchen  and  that  their  kitchens  were  only  saved  from  utter  im- 
practicability by  their  own  unaided  efforts,  but  if  I  may  venture  to  sug- 
gest, in  a  house  the  size  of  those  shown  in  this  book,  it  should  be  very 
compact  and  conveniently  arranged  so  that  the  household  work  may  be 
done  with  the  fewest  steps;  and  the  pantries  need  no  separate  sinks,  al- 
though a  pantry  is  a  convenient  method  of  interposing  two  doors  between 
the  kitchen  and  the  dining  room  so  that  the  menu  will  not  be  announced 
to  the  diners  by  its  odor. 

Again  on  the  second  floor  there  is  one  point  on  which  present  custom 
seems  unsettled:  I  mean  as  regards  sleeping  porches.  Personally,  I  do  not 
believe  we  have  as  a  nation  yet  settled  how  we  want  to  sleep;  if  we  are  to 
have  sleeping  porches  for  everybody,  the  sensible  thing  would  be  to  do 
away  with  bed  rooms  and  use  dressing  rooms  only,  for  sleeping  porches, 


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especially  when  enclosed  and  heated  as  is  so  often  the  case,  become  prac- 
tically rooms  so  that  the  bed  rooms  have  little  or  no  outside  air,  and  are 
dark,  stuffy  and  unpleasant.  For  myself,  I  prefer  a  well-ventilated  bed 
room  to  all  the  sleeping  porches  in  the  world.  They  are  unsightly  make- 
shift affairs;  but  if  we  are  to  have  them,  let  us  have  proper  ones,  perma- 
nently useful,  each  with  its  dressing  room. 

As  to  the  exterior,  most  of  our  American  towns  are  such  heterogeneous 
collections  of  unrelated  styles  that  it  doesn't  make  much  difference 
what  style  we  choose  for  our  house  just  so  it  is  adapted  to  our  climate  and 
our  conditions  of  living.  We  all  of  us  laugh  at  the  "gents"  who  some 
forty  years  ago  built  remarkable  adaptations  of  medieval  castles  up  and 
down  the  Hudson  River;  we  ought  not  to  pick  a  type  so  obviously  inap- 
propriate to  modern  methods  of  living  as  they  did,  and  yet  some  of  us  are 
doing  it  to-day  —  flat  topped  adobe  mission  buildings  are  as  much  out  of 
place  in  the  northern  and  eastern  states  as  the  medieval  castle. 

Nor  is  it  necessary  to  be  "individual"  by  being  ridiculously  "differ- 
ent"; any  more  than  it  is  necessary  to  push  conservatism  to  fatuity.  There 
is  plenty  of  room  for  variety  and  the  appropriate  expression  of  one's 
natural  tastes  and  preferences  in  the  derivatives  from  the  Georgian,  Colo- 
nial, English  and  French  types  of  houses  which  are  fitted  to  our  climate 
and  our  civilization.  It  is  not  of  importance  which  we  choose;  only  it  must 
be  carefully  designed  and  honestly  constructed;  not  a  sham  in  which  a 
natural  layout  of  space  in  plan  has  been  twisted  and  contorted  to  satisfy 
a  false  notion  of  the  picturesque. 

Architect's  Plans  a  Necessity 

Let  us  suppose  you  have  no  architect.  If  you  go  to  a  builder  and  tell 
him  you  want  a  house  like  some  other  in  the  town,  it  is  almost  certain 
that  you  will  be  disappointed  either  in  the  appearance  of  your  house  or  in 
the  amount  of  space  you  find  you  have  in  your  rooms,  for  you  will  almost 
certainly  want  to  build  like  the  other,  but  with  a  Jew  minor  changes.,  and 
these  "minor"  changes  will  affect  places  you  never  thought  of.  Also,  you 
will  pay  for  your  plans,  although  you  think  you  are  saving  the  architect's 
fee,  for  no  builder  can  build  without  drawings  of  some  kind.  These  cost 
him  money  and  you  pay  for  them.  You  will  also  pay  in  loss  of  space  and 
of  appearance  which  an  architect  is  trained  to  avoid,  and  further,  if  you 
give  the  house  direct  to  the  builder  you  will  probably  pay  him  more  for 
the  work  than  you  could  obtain  it  for  were  you  to  send  out  plans  for  bids 
to  several  builders.  Most  emphatically  you  need  plans,  whether  selected 
from  this  book,  or  purchased  from  an  architect,  or  revised  by  an  architect 
to  meet  your  individual  needs  from  plans  of  which  sketches  are  given  here. 


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These  plans  you  will  send  out  for  estimate  to  several  builders,  and 
will,  or  should,  accept  the  lowest  estimate.  You  should  not  send  out  plans 
to  any  builder  to  whom  you  are  not  willing  to  give  the  job  if  his  price  is 
low;  it  costs  a  builder  a  considerable  sum  of  money  to  estimate,  and  to 
ask  a  man  to  estimate  simply  that  you  may  use  his  price  as  a  check  on  the 
builder  you  have  already  selected  is  in  a  way  swindling  him  out  of  the 
money  it  costs  him  to  estimate.  Also  you  should  never  sign  a  contract 
with  a  builder  whom  you  believe  to  be  shifty  or  careless  just  because  his 
price  is  low,  on  the  chance  that  you  may  be  able  to  hold  him  to  the  strict 
performance  of  his  duty.  In  theory  you  can,  but  in  practice  you  cannot; 
and  if  you  are  uneasy  about  every  stick  of  timber  and  every  hod  of  mor- 
tar that  is  built  into  your  house,  you  will  have  no  pleasure  at  all  in  build- 
ing it,  and  will  be  afraid  to  light  an  open  fire  for  fear  of  a  defective  chim- 
ney. It  is  not  hard  to  find  a  good  builder  and,  contrary  to  what  I  find  to 
be  a  general  impression,  the  very  great  majority  of  builders  are  honest 
and  honorable,  though  a  smaller  number,  but  still  a  majority,  are  capable. 

Relations  with  Your  Builder 

When  you  sign  your  contract  remember  that,  like  all  contracts,  it  is 
two-sided;  not  only  does  the  contractor  agree  to  build  your  house  in  a 
certain  way,  and  to  finish  it  at  a  certain  time,  but  you  agree  to  pay  for  it 
in  a  certain  way  and  at  a  certain  time,  and  must  make  your  arrangements 
to  fulfill  your  side  of  the  contract  if  you  expect  him  to  abide  by  his;  and 
it  is  sound  law  that  if  you  fail  to  make  your  payments  when  due,  your 
contractor  may  consider  his  contract  to  be  at  an  end.  Further,  you  must 
remember  that  your  contractor  does  not  and  cannot  agree  to  do,  as  the 
house  progresses,  any  little  item  which  may  come  into  your  mind  as  being 
a  desirable  thing  to  have;  a  fair  contractor  will  make  without  charge  any 
changes  which  involve  no  extra  expense  to  him,  or  at  cost  any  changes 
which  do  involve  extra  expense;  but  you  must  not  think  him  "mean," 
"disobliging,"  or  "insulting"  when  he  declines  to  change  the  positions 
of  doors  or  electric  outlets  after  they  are  put  up,  without  being  paid  for 
doing  it;  and  yet  many  people,  especially  those  who  visit  the  job  often, 
expect  the  contractor  to  make  changes  which  they  say  "cost  practically 
nothing"  without  charge,  and  are  surprised  and  disgusted  when  he  refuses 
to  do  so.  Minor  changes  during  the  progress  of  the  work  are  a  constant 
annoyance  to  the  builder,  and  their  cost  mounts  up  amazingly. 

Another  thing  that  the  owner  should  never  do,  and  which  very  many 
owners  do  do,  is  to  give  instructions  to  individual  workmen  on  the  job. 
If  you  want  something  done,  tell  the  architect  if  there  is  one;  if  there  isn't, 
tell  the  builder.  The  individual  workman  or  even  the  foreman  has  not  any 


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authority  to  do  what  you  want;  he  is  not  your  employee  and  you  have  no 
business  to  direct  somebody  else's  employees.  You  are  entitled  to  inspect 
your  house  as  much  and  as  continuously  as  you  please.  Your  contract 
provides  for  what  you  shall  do  when  you  change  your  mind;  follow  that 
and  you  will  be  contented  in  the  end;  but  walk  about  the  job  telling  the 
plumber's  man  to  move  the  bath  tub  to  the  other  side  of  the  room  and  the 
tin  smith  to  put  that  down-spout  around  the  corner,  and  you  will  either  find 
your  instructions  are  not  followed,  or  at  the  end  of  the  job  you  will  have 
a  bill  for  extra  work  which  will  make  you  sorry  for  yourself,  and  you  will 
have  ordered  every  item  without  realizing  that  you  were  authorizing  an  extra. 

I  think  that  more  unpleasantness  in  building  arises  from  two  causes, 
distrust  of  the  architect  and  builder,  and  constant  interference  with  work- 
men, than  from  all  other  causes  combined,  and  no  building  can  be  done 
happily  where  these  things  exist.  I  have  clients  who  go  to  the  job  constantly 
and  bring  happiness  with  them  not  only  to  the  architect  and  the  builder 
but  to  the  individual  mechanics;  they  are  interested  in  our  work  —  that 
pleases  us;  they  believe  in  us  —  that  flatters  us,  and  we  all  of  us  work  to 
give  them  the  kind  of  house  they  want;  changes  are  made  promptly, 
cheaply  and  with  a  feeling  that  they  are  for  the  best.  Then  there  is  another 
type  of  client  who  never  puts  his  foot  on  the  job  without  nagging  or 
faultfinding  or  complaining  that  he  "was  never  informed  of  this"  or  "he 
didn't  understand  this  was  to  be  that  way."  In  the  end  we  grow  to  hate 
the  sight  of  him;  we  do  what  he  wants  not  because  it  is  best  for  the  job 
but  to  still  his  querulous  voice,  and  he  pays  for  every  change  and  pays 
well  for  it.  We  have  no  pleasure  in  the  work,  and  he  has  none  either,  un- 
less he  is  one  of  those  happily  rare  individuals  who  takes  pleasure  in 
making  other  people  unhappy;  and  nine  times  out  of  ten  his  changes  will 
have  hurt  rather  than  helped  his  house. 

The  client  I  like  best,  and  the  one  the  builder  prefers,  is  the  owner 
who  understands  plans,  reads  his  specifications,  knows  what  the  builder 
has  agreed  to  furnish  him  and  insists  on  it,  but  does  not  insist  on  the 
builder  doing  something  he  has  not  agreed  to  do  or  that  is  foolish  in  itself. 
Above  all,  we  fear  the  man  who  accepts  every  piece  of  advice  given  him 
by  casual  acquaintances  who  have  just  built  themselves  a  house.  If  your 
architect  is  worth  hiring,  his  advice  is  worth  following;  if  you  select  your 
builder  because  he  knows  his  business  do  not  assume  he  is  trying  to  "do" 
you  because  his  methods  differ  from  those  of  some  other  builder  you  know 
of.  Meet  your  builder  with  confidence  and  good  temper,  and  he  will  re- 
spond with  an  especial  effort  to  give  you  not  only  the  value  of  your  money 
but  a  little  more  for  kindness  —  you  can  capitalize  courtesy,  and  you  will 
enjoy  doing  it. 


Officers  and  Members 
The  American  Face  Brick  Association 

1920 


JOHN  H.  BLACK,  President 

B.  W.  BALLOU,  2nd  Vice-President 


S.  C.  MARTIN,  1st  Vice-President 
R.  D.  T.  HOLLOWELL,  Sec.-Treas. 


Directors 


B.  W.  BALLOU 

Kansas  Buff  Brick  &  Mfg.  Co. 

Buffville,  Kansas 

GEORGE  A.  BASS 

Hydraulic-Press  Brick  Company 

St.  Louis,  Missouri 

H.  R.  BEEGLE 

Beaver  Clay  Manufacturing  Company 

New  Galilee,  Pennsylvania 

P.  B.  BELDEN 

The  Belden  Brick  Company       , 

Canton,  Ohio 

J.  H.  BLACK 

Jewettville  Clay  Products  Company 

Buffalo,  New  York 

W.  H.  BRECHT 

Boone  Brick,  Tile  &  Paving  Company 

Boone,  Iowa 

F.  W.  BUTTERVVORTH 

Western  Brick  Company 

Danville,  Illinois 


T.  P.  CUTHBERT 

Fallstone  Fire  Clay  Company 

Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania 

W.  H.  HOAGLAND 

Claycraft  Mining  and  Brick  Company 

Columbus,  Ohio 

S.  MIFFLIN  HOOD 

Legg  Brick  Company 

Atlanta,  Georgia 

G.  B.  LUCKETT 

Crawfordsville  Shale  Brick  Company 

Crawfordsville,  Indiana 

S.  C.  MARTIN 

Kittanning  Brick  &   Fire   Clay   Company 

Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania 

D.  H.  MILLER 

Milton  Brick  Company 

New  York,  New  York 

J.  W.  MOULDING 

Thomas  Moulding  Brick  Company 

Chicago,  Illinois 


CHAS.  C.  STRATTON 

Alumina  Shale  Brick  Company 

Bradford,  Pennsylvania 


Alabama 
Alphons  Custodis  Chimney  Const, 
Birmingham  Clay  Products  Co., 
Stephenson,  L.  L., 

Georgia 
Legg  Brick  Co., 

Idaho 
Burley  Brick  &  Sand  Co., 
Idaho  Pressed  Brick  Co., 

Illinois 
Acme  Brick  Co., 
.■\lton  Brick  Co., 
Barr  Clay  Co., 


Members 

Illinois  Uonlinued) 

Co.,Rag!and  Decatur  Brick  Mfg.  Co.,  Decatur 

Birmingham     Hydraulic-Press  Brick  Co.,  Chicago 

Birmingham     Lacon  Clay  &  Coal  Co.,  Lacon 

Peoria  Brick  &  Tile  Co.,  Peoria 

.Atlanta  Richards  Brick  Co.,  Edwardsville 

Southern  Fire  Brick  &  Clay  Co.,  Chicago 

Burley  Streator  Brick  Co.,  Streator 

Pocatello  Western  Brick  Co.,  Danville 

Iowa 

Danville  Boone  Brick,  Tile  &  Paving  Co.,  Des  Moines 

.'\lton  Des  Moines  Clay  Co.,  Des  Moines 

Streator  Hydraulic-Press  Brick  Co.,  Davenport 


Ikdiana 

Adams  Clay  Products  Co.,  Martinsville 

Brazil  Clay  Co.,  Brazil 

Brooklyn  Brick  Co.,  Indianapolis 

Crawfordsville  Shale  Brick  Co.,  Crawfordsville 

Huntingburg  Pressed  Brick  Co.,  Huntingburg 

Hydraulic-Press  Brick  Co.,  Indianapolis 

Poston  Paving  Brick  Co.,  Crawfordsville 

Standard  Brick  Co.,  Crawfordsville 

Standard  Brick  Mfg.  Co.,  Evansville 

U.  S.  Brick  Co.,  Tell  City 

Kansas 

C.herryvale  Brick  Co.,  Cherryvale 


CoffeyviUe  Vit.  Brick  &  Tile  Co.,  Coffeyville 
V.  V.  V.  Brick  &  Tile  Co.,  Neodesha 

Kentucky 
Coral  Ridge  Clay  Products  Co.,    Louisville 
Sphar  Brick  Co.,  Maysville 

Michigan 

Briggs  Company,  The,  Lansing 

Minnesota 
Hydraulic-Press  Brick  Co.,  Minneapolis 

Twin  City  Brick  Co.,  St.  Paul 

Mississippi 
Brookhaven  Pressed  Brick  & 

Mfg.  Co.,  Brookhaven 
Missouri 

Hydraulic-Press  Brick  Co.,  Kansas  City 

Hydraulic-Press  Brick  Co.,  St.  Louis 

Kansas  Buff  Brick  &  Mfg.  Co.,  Kansas  City 

New  Jersey 

Krantz  Company,  A.  M.,  Paterson 

Upper  Kittanning  Brick  Co.,  Jersey  City 

New  York 

Jewettville  Clay  Products  Co.,  Buffalo 

North  Carolina 

Statesville  Brick  Co.,  Statesville 

Ohio 

Acme  Brick  Co.,  Marietta 

Alliance  Brick  Co.,  Alliance 

Belden  Brick  Co.,  Canton 

Claycraft  Mining  &  Brick  Co.,  Columbus 

Colonial  Pressed  Brick  Co.,  Mogadore 

Duro  Brick  Mfg.  Co.,  Akron 

Everhard  Company,  The,  Massillon 

Franklin  Brick  &  Tile  Co.,  Columbus 

Fultonham  Texture  Brick  Co.,  E.  Fultonham 

Hanover  Brick  Co.,  Columbus 

Hocking  Valley  Fire  Clay  Co.,  Nelsonville 

Hocking  Valley  Products  Co.,  Columbus 

Hydraulic-Press  Brick  Co.,  Cleveland 

Hydraulic-Press  Brick  Co.,  Roseville 

Ironclay  Brick  Co.,  Columbus 

McArthur  Brick  Co.,  McArthur 

Marietta  Shale  Brick  Co.,  Marietta 


Ohio  (continued) 

Stark  Brick  Co.,  Canton 

Straitsville  Imp.  Brick  Co.,  New  Straitsville 

Toronto  Fire  Clay  Co.,  Toronto 

Webster  Brick  Co.,  Chillicothe 

Oklahoma 
Pawhuska  Vit.  Brick  &  Tile  Co.,  Pawhuska 

Pennsylvania 

Alumina  Shale  Brick  Co.,  Bradford 

Auburn  Shale  Brick  Co.,  Auburn 

Bloomsburg  Brick  Co.,  Bloomsburg 

Beaver  Clay  Mfg.  Co.,  New  Galilee 

Bradford  Pressed  Brick  Co.,  Bradford 
Darlington  Brick  &  Mining  Co.,  Darlington 

Dariington  Clay  Products  Co.,  Dariington 

Fallston  Fire  Clay  Co.,  Pittsburgh 

Ferro  Brick  Co.,  Watsontown 

Gloninger  &  Co.,  Pittsburgh 

Hydraulic-Press  Brick  Co.,  DuBois 

Hydraulic-Press  Brick  Co.,  Philadelphia 

Keystone  Clay  Products  Co.,  Greensburg 
Kittanning  Brick  &  Fire  Clay  Co.,  Pittsburgh 

Kittanning  Clay  Mfg.  Co.,  Kittanning 

Kittanping  Clay  Products  Co.,  Bradford 

Kushequa  Brick  Co.,  Kushequa 

Latrobe  Brick  Co.,  Latrobe 

Mill  Hall  Brick  Works,  Lock  Haven 

Milton  Brick  Co.,  Milton 

Penn  Brick  Corporation,  Bradford 

Pittsburgh-Callery  Brick  Co.,  Pittsburgh 

Reynoldsville  Brick  &  Tile  Co.,  Reynoldsville 

Ridgway  Brick  Co.,  Ridgway 

Rochester  Clay  Products  Co.,  Rochester 

Stuempfle's  Sons,  David,  Williamsport 

Vanport  Brick  Co.,  Pittsburgh 

Walker  Brick  Co.,  Hay,  Pittsburgh 
Walkers  Mills  Stone  &  Brick  Co.,  Pittsburgh 

Watsontown  Brick  Co.,  Watsontown 

Williamsgrove  Brick  Co.,  Bigler 

Wynn  &  Starr  Co.,  Trafford 

Yingling-Martin  Brick  Co.,  Pittsburgh 

South  Carolina 

Sumter  Brick  Works,  Sumter 

Tennessee 

Bush  &  Company,  >V.  G.,  Nashville 

Dixie  Brick  &  Tile  Co.,  Puryear 

Key-James  Brick  Co.,  Alton  Park 

Utah 

Ashton  Fire  Brick  &  Tile  Co.,  Ogdcn 

Ogden  Pressed  Brick  &  Tile  Co.,  Ogden 

Salt  Lake  Pressed  Brick  Co.,  Salt  Lake  City 

Utah  Fire  Clay  Co.,  Salt  Lake  City 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Hydraulic-Press  Brick  Co.,  Washington 


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